Arte y arquitectura maya

World of Art

by Mary Ellen Miller, Mariano Xavier Sánchez Ventura y Blanco (Translator)

En Arte y arquitectura maya su autora, Mary Ellen Miller, brinda al lector una extraordinaria síntesis de la historia del arte de una de las civilizaciones antiguas más enigmáticas. Al hablar de sus templos, tumbas, estelas, altares, figuras de cerámica y murales, la autora explica cómo y por qué los mayas realizaron sus obras más significativas, y aborda los descubrimientos arqueológicos en Copán, Tikal y Palenque -por citar algunos-, así como los nuevos análisis de la escritura maya, todo lo cual ofrece renovadas interpretaciones de la escultura y la cerámica producidas por aquella civilización.
Los capítulos de la arquitectura y de los materiales del arte maya dan pauta a discusiones acerca de la escultura de distintas épocas y regiones, de los famosos murales de Bonampak y de los descubrimientos en Cacaxtla. Este trabajo constituye quizá el mejor compendio que se haya escrito acerca de la historia del arte y la arquitectura de los antiguos mayas.

Mary Ellen Miller es autora de numerosas obras en torno a aspectos diversos del arte y la historia mesoamericanos, es particularmente reconocida en el mundo por sus trabajos de interpretación y contextualización de la pintura y la escultura mayas. Al margen de su fructífera actividad académica, se ha encargado de la curaduría de exposiciones de arte precolombino en museos estadounidenses, y de documentación de los murales de Bonampak. Con una notable trayectoria en la Universidad de Yale, de la que ha sido catedrática desde 1981, en la actualidad es decana del Yale College.

Genres: Art, Art History, Nonfiction, History, Architecture, Reference, Anthropology

229 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2009

About the author

Mary Ellen Miller is an American art historian and academician specializing in Mesoamerica and the Maya.

Reviews

[Pasi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting read if you want to learn about the Mayan people.

[Caomhghain · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent and fairly thorough introduction to this topic. The presentation and elucidation are very clear and my only problem is that in my edition some of the illustrations were rather muddy.

[Carole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very well illustrated run through the topic. Excellent to accompany a trip to Mexico

[Martha · Rating 2 out of 5]

like a coffee table book that has been reduced by half; font too small to make reading enjoyable

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the second edition of this book, with Mary Ellen Miller and Megan E. O'Neil as co-authors, published in 2014. I couldn't find it on Goodreads, so I'm putting my comments here. Mayan research has advanced so much in recent years that if you want to learn about it, you should get the more recent version.

I've long been fascinated by the mysterious Mayans and this book includes lots of cultural and historical information along with many great pictures. The relatively small size would make it good for taking along on a vacation that included a trip to Mayan ruins.

The Mayans built incredible palaces and monuments, then abandoned them, leaving behind ceramics, paintings, jewelry and more. The collapse of these cities is likely related to depletion of resources with an environment unable to support the population. There also were lots of wars among competing groups.

Many descendants of the ancient Mayans live in Central America today,

[Christøpher Es · Rating 4 out of 5]

Required reading for this south american art class I took.

Proffessor Shearady kept talking about the "non" apocalypse everyday.

I decided not to show up for the last month of class.

idk, I read something in the syllabus wrong. Thinking we didn't have class for the last month. or something stupid.

He is a good teacher.

But probably for the best he retired.

Even though..

He still..

Somehow..

Teaches classes there.


"History of Illustration"

Never mentions a Marvel or DC Comic book..