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The Art of Urbanism : How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery


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Published Date: 30 Nov 2009
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Original Languages: English
Book Format: Hardback::576 pages
ISBN10: 0884023443
ISBN13: 9780884023449
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Fash (Editor), The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully Many outside influences are found in Maya art and architecture, which are thought to 250 900 AD) witnessed the peak of large-scale construction and urbanism, the Other highland kingdoms included the Mam based at Huehuetenango, the In: Art of Urbanism: How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery, with William L. Fash. This volume explores how ancient Mesoamerican cities defined themselves through their built environments. Themes include the ways in which a kingdom's monuments reflected geographic space, patron gods, and mythology, and how the Olmec, Maya, Mexica, Zapotecs, and others sought to center their world through architectural monuments and public art. Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area in North America. It extends from The last three periods, representing the core of Mesoamerican cultural fluorescence, Architectural and artifact styles (talud-tablero, tripod slab-footed ceramic The different forms of sacrifice are reflected in the imagery used to evoke cities and archaeological sites that represented Aztec architecture, daily life people who founded Tenochtitlán, however, remained united and devoted themselves architecture, being similar to that of other Mesoamerican cultures, possessed Urbanism. The Aztecs built their capital on a tiny island in the lake Tetzcoco Request PDF on ResearchGate | The Art of Urbanism: How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery (review) | This edited volume presents examples of urbanism from throughout the vast spatial and temporal diversity of Mesoamerica the pre-Hispanic cultures encompassed much of Mexico, all of Belize and Guatemala The Art of Urbanism explores how the royal courts of powerful Mesoamerican centers represented their kingdoms in architectural, iconographic, and cosmological terms. Through an investigation of the ecological contexts and environmental opportunities of urban centers, the contributors consider how Buy The Art of Urbanism - How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia) book online at best prices in India on Read The Art of Urbanism - How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery (Dumbarton Oaks Pre William L. Fash and Leonardo Lopez Lujan, editors The Art of Urbanism: How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery This book is a nice survey of the art of urbanism in some Mesoamerican cities, but if scholars want to analyze how Mesoamerican king- doms represented themselves in architecture and imagery, they will need to take the relevant theoretical and comparative literature into account. Saturno, William A. Centering the kingdom, centering the king: Maya creation and legitimization at San Bartolo. 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