Art and Writing in the Maya Cities, A.D. 600-800 by HERRING, ADAM - 2005

Cambridge University Press, 2005-12-30. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x1x10. Contents are tight and clean

xvi+316 pages with 16 colored plates, figures, maps, illustrations, bibliography, and index. Small quarto (10 1/4" x 7 1/4") issued in black cloth with white lettering to spine. First edition.Art and Writing in the Maya Cities, AD 600-800, examines an important aspects of the visual cultures of the ancient Maya in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras. During a critical period of cultural evolution, artistic production changed significantly, as calligraphy became an increasingly important formal element in Maya aesthetics and was used extensively in monumental building, sculptural programs, and small-scale utilitarian objects. Adam Herring's study analyzes artworks, visual programs, and cultural sites of memory, providing an anthropologically informed description of ancient Maya culture, vision, and artistic practice. An inquiry into the contexts and perceptions of the Ancient Maya city, the work melds epigraphic and iconographic methodologies with the critical tradition of art-historical… Read More

Cambridge University Press, 2005-08-15. Hardcover. Used; Like New/Very Good. 10x6x1. New York, 2005; black cloth covered boards; mild shelf wear; illustrated jacket with mild wear; remainder mark on bottom edges; 4to, 9 3/4"-12" tall; interior pages in like new condition; Interior is clean and unmarked; 316 pages.

Cambridge University Press. Used - Very Good. 2005. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Slight shelf-wear. Very Good. (Subject: Archaeology).

Cambridge University Press, 2005-08-15. Hardcover. Good.

Cambridge University Press, 2005-06-17. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.2995 25.6345 17.2589. Unread. There is some shelfwear to the dust jacket.

Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 0521842468. 2005, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 2005. Hardcover.

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Cambridge Univ Pr, 2005. Hardcover. New. new title edition. 340 pages. 10.00x7.25x1.25 inches.

Hardback. New. Examines important aspects of the visual cultures of the ancient Maya. During a critical period of cultural evolution, artistic production changed significantly, as calligraphy became an increasingly important formal element in Maya aesthetics and was used extensively. Adam Herring's study analyzes art works, visual programs, and cultural sites of memory.