Ancient Maya Art at Dumbarton Oaks

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-88402-375-3
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 584 Seiten, Format (B × H): 245 mm x 318 mm, Gewicht: 3084 g

Reihe: Pre-Columbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks

Based on the comprehensive study of one of the most important collections of Maya art in the United States, Ancient Maya Art at Dumbarton Oaks is a scholarly introduction to one of the great traditions of sculpture and painting in ancient America. Assembled by Robert Woods Bliss between 1935 and 1962, the collection is historically important, as it was one of the first to be established on the basis of aesthetic criteria. The catalogue, written by leading international scholars of Maya archaeology, art history, and writing, contains detailed analyses of specific works of art along with thematic essays situating these works within the broader context of Maya culture. Monumental panels, finely worked jade ornaments, exquisitely painted ceramic vessels, and other objects-most created in the first millennium ce-are presented in full color and analyzed in light of recent breakthroughs in understanding their creation, function, and deeper meaning in Maya ritual and history. Individual essays address the history of the Dumbarton Oaks collection; Maya culture, history, and myth; and Maya aesthetics. They also study specific materials (including jade, shell, and fine ceramics) and their meanings. Scholarly yet accessible, this volume provides a detailed introduction to Maya art and culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pillsbury, Joanne

Doutriaux, Miriam

Ishihara-Brito, Reiko

Tokovinine, Alexandre

Weitere Mitwirkende

Arroyo, Barbara

Bishop, Ronald L.

Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo

Clark, John E.

Fash, Barbara W.

Fields, Virginia

Houston, Stephen D.

Martin, Simon

Nelson, Fred W.

O'Neil, Megan

Reents-Budet, Dorie

Taube, Karl A.

Titmus, Gene L.

Traxler, Loa P.

Castro, Adrián Velázquez

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Ausstellungskataloge, Museumsführer
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Geschichte der Kunstwissenschaft und Kunstkritik

Über Autor(innen)

Arroyo, Barbara
Barbara Arroyo is a Research Associate at the Museo Popol Vuh, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala City.

Bishop, Ronald L.
Ronald L. Bishop is Curator of Mexican and Central American Archaeology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

Houston, Stephen D.
Stephen D. Houston is Dupee Family Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Anthropology at Brown University.

Fields, Virginia
Virginia Fields is Senior Curator, Art of the Ancient Americas at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Reents-Budet, Dorie
Dorie Reents-Budet is Curator, Arts of the Ancient Americas at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Pillsbury, Joanne
Joanne Pillsbury is Andrall E. Pearson Curator in the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo
Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at Yale University.

Doutriaux, Miriam
Miriam Doutriaux is an exhibition associate for the Pre-Columbian Collection at Dumbarton Oaks.

Clark, John E.
John E. Clark is Professor of Anthropology at Brigham Young University.

Tokovinine, Alexandre
Alexandre Tokovinine is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alabama.

Titmus, Gene L.
Gene L. Titmus is a research associate in Primitive Techonology at the Herrett Center of the College of Southern Idaho.

Ishihara-Brito, Reiko
Reiko Ishihara-Brito is a postdoctoral associate in the Pre-Columbian Studies program at Dumbarton Oaks.

Castro, Adrián Velázquez
Adrián Velázquez Castro is an archaeologist at the Museo del Templo Mayor, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Mexico City.

Fash, Barbara W.
Barbara W. Fash is Director and Series Editor of the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions Program at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.

Traxler, Loa P.
Loa P. Traxler is Andrew W. Mellon Associate Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.