Author: Benson, Elizabeth P. and Gillett C. Griffin (editors)
Title: Maya Iconography
Description: Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1988. Hardbound. Brown and tan cloth with brownish color illustrated dust jacket. XVI, 380 pp. profusely illustrated with drawings and photographs. A collection of 12 essays representing "recent work on Maya iconography from practitioners in a variety of fields: archaeology, anthropology, art history, linguistics, astronomy, photography, and medicine. The time period discussed runs from the last centuries B.C. through the great Maya Classic period, with some discussion of later eras and of regions outside the Maya area. The papers are placed in an order that most clearly brings out the emerging themes: the book shows how certain Maya beliefs grew over time, and for the first time makes connections between Preclassic and Classic iconography." (dj). Good+/Good+ (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Overall light shelfwear to boards, block and dj. Pages are clean and clear otherwise and binding is tight.) .
Keywords: American Art ; Mayan Art and Iconography ; ;
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Title: Maya Iconography
Description: Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1988. Hardbound. Brown and tan cloth with brownish color illustrated dust jacket. XVI, 380 pp. profusely illustrated with drawings and photographs. A collection of 12 essays representing "recent work on Maya iconography from practitioners in a variety of fields: archaeology, anthropology, art history, linguistics, astronomy, photography, and medicine. The time period discussed runs from the last centuries B.C. through the great Maya Classic period, with some discussion of later eras and of regions outside the Maya area. The papers are placed in an order that most clearly brings out the emerging themes: the book shows how certain Maya beliefs grew over time, and for the first time makes connections between Preclassic and Classic iconography." (dj). Good+/Good+ (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Overall light shelfwear to boards, block and dj. Pages are clean and clear otherwise and binding is tight.) .
Keywords: American Art ; Mayan Art and Iconography ; ;
Price: US$ 42.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 184630
- Book number: 184630
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