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Language: English
Published by Peabody & Essex Museum in association with Yale University Press, Salem, MA, and New Haven, CT, 2010
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 328 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps; 32 cm. Accompanies the exhibition of the same name organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, on view from March 27 through July 18, 2010; traveling. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust… jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Maya art and hieroglyphs constitute one of the world's most fascinating, visually striking, and complex systems of expression. Most scholarly interpretations of Maya art and culture have emphasized that this ancient civilization was oriented toward inland centers and preoccupied with the blood of royal lineage and ritual sacrifice. Drawing on recent archaeological discoveries and developments in deciphering Maya glyphs, this groundbreaking volume presents a revisionist reading that shifts the emphasis of interpretation to the mythic power of the sea as the basis of a larger, deeper cultural narrative and history for the Maya. Surrounded by the sea in all directions, the Maya viewed water as a source of both life and danger. Through the artworks presented--including acknowledged masterpieces and many never before exhibited in the United States--readers will gain a new appreciation for water's influence on Maya cosmology, its role in their interpretation of the supernatural, as well as its impact on Maya cross-cultural contacts, trading practices, and power dynamics. Essays by prominent scholars provide an interdisciplinary context for understanding Maya art as well as new interpretations of traditional iconography and symbolism. Accompanying a monumental exhibition comprising almost 100 artworks ranging from carved stone monuments to delicate jade sculptures, this compelling, richly illustrated publication will fundamentally transform the interpretation of Maya art." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Introduction, by Daniel Finamore and Stephen D. Houston; The worlds of the ancient Maya and the worlds they made, by Mary E. Miller and Megan O'Neil; Drowned landscapes, by Heather McKillop; The wide waters of Palenque, by David Stuart; Living waters and wondrous beasts, by Stephen D. Houston; Symbols of water management at Copan, Honduras, by Barbara W. Fash; The music of shells, by Marc Zender; Navigating the Maya world, by Daniel Finamore; The dark lord of Maya trade, by Simon Martin; The Maya ports Isla Cerritos and Uaymil, by Rafael Cobos; Where earth and sky meet: the sea and sky in ancient and contemporary Maya cosmology, by Karl A. Taube; Offerings to the rain gods: the archaeology of Maya caves, by James E. Brady; Objects cast into cenotes, by Luis Alberto Martos Lopez; Coda: the sea and art, by Daniel Finamore. Size: Folio. Collectible.
Language: English
Published by University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1989
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Title page. List of contributors: Patricia Redmond, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Barbara E. Johnson, Donald B. Gibson, Deborah E. McDowell, Hortense J. Spillers, Michael Awkward, William L. Andrews, Sandra Pouchet Paquet, Genevieve Fabre, Richard Yarborough, Robert… B. Stepto, Eleanor W. Traylor, Housron A. Baker, Jr., Mae G. Hewnderson, Kimberly W. Benston, Cheryl A. Wall, Stephen E. Henderson, Arnold Rampersad, Michel Fabre, Nellie Y. McKay, Robert G. O'Meally. Afterword by Houston AFine blue orange dust jacket with title and contributing . Title on dust jacket pine panel. authors. Baker, Jr. and Patricia Redmond. Index. 246pp. Blue cloth boards with bright silver title on spine.
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A Dark and Sudden Beauty: Two Essays in Black American Poetry by George Kent and Stephen Henderson
KENT, George and Stephen Henderson. Edited by Houston A. Baker
Published by Afro-American Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania, [Philadelphia], 1977
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 36pp. Illustrated wrappers. Light creases on rear wrap, else near fine.
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 417 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.
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Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. This book zeroes in on hidden writing and alternative systems of graphic notation. Essays by leading scholars explore forms of writing that, by their formal intricacy, deflect attention from language. The volume also…examines graphs that target meaning dire.
