A Study Of Olmec Iconography
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A Study Of Olmec Iconography
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Author : Peter David Joralemon
language : en
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Release Date : 1971
A Study Of Olmec Iconography written by Peter David Joralemon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Indian art categories.
Olmec Art At Dumbarton Oaks
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Author : Karl A. Taube
language : en
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Release Date : 2004
Olmec Art At Dumbarton Oaks written by Karl A. Taube and has been published by Dumbarton Oaks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Art categories.
Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks presents the Olmec portion of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. It illustrates all thirty-nine Olmec art objects in color plates and includes many complementary and comparative black-and-white illustrations and drawings. The body of Pre-Columbian art that Robert Bliss carefully assembled over a half-century between 1912 and 1963, amplified only slightly since his death, is a remarkably significant collection. In addition to their aesthetic quality and artistic significance, the objects hold much information regarding the social worlds and religious and symbolic views of the people who made and used them before the arrival of Europeans in the New World. This volume is the second in a series of catalogues that will treat objects in the Bliss Pre-Columbian Collection. The majority of the Olmec objects in the collection are made of jade, the most precious material for the peoples of ancient Mesoamerica from early times through the sixteenth century. Various items such as masks, statuettes, jewelry, and replicas of weapons and tools were used for ceremonial purposes and served as offerings. Karl Taube brings his expertise on the lifeways and beliefs of ancient Mesoamerican peoples to his study of the Olmec objects in teh Bliss collection. His understanding of jade covers a broad range of knowledge from chemical compositions to geological sources to craft technology to the symbolic power of the green stone. Throughout the book the author emphasizes the role of jade as a powerful symbol of water, fertility, and particularly, of the maize plant which was the fundamental source of life and sustenance for the Olmec. The shiny green of the stone was analogous to the green growth of maize. This fundamental concept was elaborated in specific religious beliefs, many of which were continued and elaborated by later Mesoamerican peoples, such as the Maya. Karl Taube employs his substantial knowledge of Pre-Columbian cultures to explore and explicate Olmec symbolism in this catalogue.
A Study Of Olmec Sculptural Chronology
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Author : Susan Milbrath
language : en
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Release Date : 1979
A Study Of Olmec Sculptural Chronology written by Susan Milbrath and has been published by Dumbarton Oaks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Art categories.
The Iconography Of The Teotihuacan Tlaloc
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Author : Esther Pasztory
language : en
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Release Date : 1974
The Iconography Of The Teotihuacan Tlaloc written by Esther Pasztory and has been published by Dumbarton Oaks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Art categories.
Iconographic Method In New World Prehistory
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Author : Vernon J. Knight
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013
Iconographic Method In New World Prehistory written by Vernon J. Knight and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Art categories.
This book offers an overview of iconographic methods and their application to archaeological analysis. It offers a truly interdisciplinary approach that draws equally from art history and anthropology. Vernon James Knight, Jr., begins with a historigraphical overview, addressing the methodologies and theories that underpin both archaeology and art history. He then demonstrates how iconographic methods can be integrated with the scientific methods that are at the core of much archaeological inquiry. Focusing on artifacts from the pre-Columbian civilizations of North and Meso-American sites, Knight shows how the use of iconographic analysis yields new insights into these objects and civilizations.
Reconsidering Olmec Visual Culture
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Author : Carolyn E. Tate
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2012-01-18
Reconsidering Olmec Visual Culture written by Carolyn E. Tate and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-18 with Social Science categories.
Recently, scholars of Olmec visual culture have identified symbols for umbilical cords, bundles, and cave-wombs, as well as a significant number of women portrayed on monuments and as figurines. In this groundbreaking study, Carolyn Tate demonstrates that these subjects were part of a major emphasis on gestational imagery in Formative Period Mesoamerica. In Reconsidering Olmec Visual Culture, she identifies the presence of women, human embryos, and fetuses in monuments and portable objects dating from 1400 to 400 BC and originating throughout much of Mesoamerica. This highly original study sheds new light on the prominent roles that women and gestational beings played in Early Formative societies, revealing female shamanic practices, the generative concepts that motivated caching and bundling, and the expression of feminine knowledge in the 260-day cycle and related divinatory and ritual activities. Reconsidering Olmec Visual Culture is the first study that situates the unique hollow babies of Formative Mesoamerica within the context of prominent females and the prevalent imagery of gestation and birth. It is also the first major art historical study of La Venta and the first to identify Mesoamerica's earliest creation narrative. It provides a more nuanced understanding of how later societies, including Teotihuacan and West Mexico, as well as the Maya, either rejected certain Formative Period visual forms, rituals, social roles, and concepts or adopted and transformed them into the enduring themes of Mesoamerican symbol systems.
The Early Olmec And Mesoamerica
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Author : Jeffrey P. Blomster
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-03-21
The Early Olmec And Mesoamerica written by Jeffrey P. Blomster and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-21 with History categories.
Breaking new ground in Olmec studies, this book reveals the complexity and diversity of 'America's first civilization'.
A Stylistic And Chronological Study Of Olmec Monumental Sculpture
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Author : C. William Clewlow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
A Stylistic And Chronological Study Of Olmec Monumental Sculpture written by C. William Clewlow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Indian sculpture categories.
The Olmec Their Neighbors
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Author : Matthew Williams Stirling
language : en
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Release Date : 1981
The Olmec Their Neighbors written by Matthew Williams Stirling and has been published by Dumbarton Oaks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.
Twenty-one papers on the Olmec were written for this volume in tribute to Matthew W. Stirling, "pioneer archaeologist, ethnologist, and the discoverer of the Olmec civilization."
Maya Iconography
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Author : Elizabeth P. Benson
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2024-01-09
Maya Iconography written by Elizabeth P. Benson and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-09 with Religion categories.
A landmark work on the iconography of one of the world’s great civilizations This book presents foundational work on Maya iconography from leading practitioners in fields ranging from archaeology, anthropology, and art history to linguistics, astronomy, photography, and medicine. The period discussed runs from the last centuries B.C. through the great Maya Classic period, with some discussion of later eras and of regions outside the Maya area. Featuring an incisive introduction by Elizabeth Benson and Gillett Griffin, Maya Iconography demonstrates how Maya beliefs developed over time and makes important connections between Preclassic and Classic iconography. The contributors are John Carlson, Michael Coe, David Freidel, Donald Hales, Norman Hammond, Nicholas Hellmuth, John Justeson, Barbara Kerr, Justin Kerr, Mary Ellen Miller, William Norman, Lee Parsons, Francis Robicsek, Linda Schele, David Stuart, and Karl Taube.