| The Art of Urbanism: How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery Contributor(s): Fash, William L. (Editor), López Luján, Leonardo (Editor), Bey, George J. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0884023788 ISBN-13: 9780884023784 Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - History | Latin America - Mexico |
| Dewey: 972.01 |
| Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 7.2" W x 10.2" (2.77 lbs) 488 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Latin America - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Cultural Region - Mexican |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 ancient Mesoamerican cities defined themselves and reflected upon their physical--and metaphysical--place via their built environment. Themes in the volume include the ways in which a kingdom's public monuments were fashioned to reflect 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. This collection of papers addresses how communities leveraged their environment and built upon their cultural and historical roots as well as the ways that the performance of calendrical rituals and other public events tied individuals and communities to both urban centers and hinterlands. Twenty-three scholars from archaeology, anthropology, art history, and religious studies contribute new data and new perspectives to the understanding of ancient Mesoamericans' own view of their spectacular urban and ritual centers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lopez Lujan, Leonardo: - Leonardo López Luján is Senior Professor and Researcher of Archaeology at the Museo del Templo Mayor, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico City.Fash, William L.: - William L. Fash, Jr., is Bowditch Professor of Central American and Mexican Archaeology and Ethnology and William and Muriel Seabury Howells Director of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University.Marcus, Joyce: - Joyce Marcus is Robert L. Carneiro Distinguished University Professor of Social Evolution and Curator of Latin American Archaeology at the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, University of Michigan.Fash, Barbara W.: - Barbara W. Fash is Director of the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions Program at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.Tokovinine, Alexandre: - Alexandre Tokovinine is Research Associate at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University. |
