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Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period (Duke University Museum of Art)

AUTHOR: Dorie Reents-Budet
ISBN: 082231438X
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Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period (Duke University Museum of Art)
- Book Review, by Dorie Reents-Budet

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Published to complement the exhibition of the same name organized by Duke University Museum of Art and traveling to several cities during 1994 and 1995. Lavishly illustrated with some 400 color images, the text brings together many perspectives, including the art historical, archaeological, epigraphical, and ethnohistorical, to examine an overlooked painting tradition. Emphasis is on 6th to 8th century pottery featuring both pictorial and hieroglyphic images, with discussion both in aesthetic terms and in terms of what the work reveals about Maya society. 11.75x9.75" Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Book Review

Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period (Duke University Museum of Art)
- Book Reviews, by Dorie Reents-Budet

Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period

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Lavishly illustrated with nearly 400 color images, Painting the Maya Universe is the most thorough study and brilliant display of Classic Maya ceramic painting yet published.

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Published to complement the exhibition of the same name organized by Duke University Museum of Art and traveling to several cities during 1994 and 1995. Lavishly illustrated with some 400 color images, the text brings together many perspectives, including the art historical, archaeological, epigraphical, and ethnohistorical, to examine an overlooked painting tradition. Emphasis is on 6th to 8th century pottery featuring both pictorial and hieroglyphic images, with discussion both in aesthetic terms and in terms of what the work reveals about Maya society. 11.75x9.75" Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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