Main entry:

Stierlin, Henri.

Title & Author:

Art of the Maya : from the Olmecs to the Toltec-Maya / Henri Stierlin ; [translated from the French by Peter Graham].

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 1981.

Description:

211 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Translation of: L'art maya.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index.
Introduction -- The Olmec dawn. Living conditions ; Excavations at la Venta ; The earth pyramid ; The ball court ; The ceremonial centre of San Lorenzo ; Monumental statuary ; Small stone art ; Olmec expansion ; The religious system ; The Olmec legacy -- The rise of the Maya. The Maya world ; The physical environment ; Canals revealed by aerial radar ; Natural resources ; Maya origins ; First signs of the Maya ; Architecture and the city ; Tikal, a giant among Maya ceremonial centres ; Copan and Quirigua, the Rio Motagua valley ; The Maya calendar -- Palenque and western Maya art. The discovery of Palenque ; The undisturbed crypt ; Architectural innovations ; Decorative sculpture ; Funerary customs ; Maya hieroglyphic writing ; The latest progress in decipherment ; Yaxchilan and Bonampak.
On the periphery of Yucatan. Dzibilchaltun and the earliest Yucatec architecture ; Coba and the Maya causeways ; Southern Yucatan and the Rio Bec style ; Edzna and its five-stage edifice ; The necropolis on Jaina Island ; Classic pottery -- The masterpieces of the Puuc style. Uxmal, an architectural apotheosis ; Planning the centre ; The main groups at Uxmal ; Maya building techniques ; Further Puuc sites ; The correlation of the Maya and Christian calendars ; The benefits of carbon-14 -- The Toltec-Maya renaissance. The Toltec migration ; Chichen Itza before the Toltecs ; The Caracol and astronomical observation ; A "super-Tula" in Yucatan ; The Temple of the Warriors and its surroundings ; The ball game and human sacrifice ; The Maya universe and the gods ; The last centres of the Maya world.

ISBN:

0847803686
9780847803682

Subject:

Maya art.
Indian art Mexico.
Indian art Central America.
Olmec art.
Art maya.
Art des Peuples autochtones Mexique.
Art des Peuples autochtones Amérique centrale.
Art olmèque.
Indian art
Mexico
Central America

Holdings:

Location: Library main 48727
Call No.: PO11551; ID:89-B777
Status: Available