Art of the Maya Scribe

Coe, Michael D.; Cox, Michael; Kerr, Justin

ISBN 10: 0810919885 / ISBN 13: 9780810919884

Verlag: Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1998

Beschreibung

VG+/VG+. Oversized. DJ shows light shelf-wear. Top edge curled; scattered light surface scratches. Spine square, tight. Interior bright, clean, heavily illustrated in black and white, color. NOTE: Large, heavy volume. All forms of shipping, including media, will require extra postage charge. Amount will depend on zip code.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 14174

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Art of the Maya Scribe
• Verlag: Harry N. Abrams, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0810919885
• ISBN-13: 9780810919884
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Near Fine

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Inhaltsangabe

Two experts decipher Mayan writing in terms of its meaning and aesthetics, counting it as one of the world's great calligraphic traditions. Coe (anthropology emeritus, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale U.) and Kerr, whose rollout camera revolutionized the study of Mayan pictorial ceramics and their texts, explore the script's origins, character, and writing techniques as well as the exalted world of the Maya artist-scribes who kept the holy books. Escribanos continued the role, though not the hieroglyphics, in post-conquest Mexico. Includes 117 color plates, other text figures, and notes on a type of Maya Rosetta Stone. 9.75x13<">. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.