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Genre/Form: | Nonfiction |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mary Ellen Miller |
ISBN: | 050020327X 9780500203279 |
OCLC Number: | 41659173 |
Description: | 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction -- Maya architecture -- The materials of Maya art -- Early classic sculpture -- Late classic sculpture -- Sculpture of the north : the art of Yucatán and Chichen Itzá -- The human form -- Maya murals and books -- Maya ceramics -- A world of hand-held objects. |
Series Title: | World of art. |
Responsibility: | Mary Ellen Miller. |
Abstract:
Describes the art of Maya, one of the worlds most enigmatic ancient civilizations. From temple to tomb, this title explains how and why the Maya made their greatest works and how the modern-day viewer might come to understand them.
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