Turquoise Mosaics From Mexico
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Turquoise Mosaics From Mexico
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Author : Colin McEwan
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2006
Turquoise Mosaics From Mexico written by Colin McEwan and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art categories.
The nine turquoise mosaics from Mexico are some the most striking pieces in the collections of the British Museum. Among the few surviving such artifacts, these exquisite objects include two masks, a shield, a knife, a helmet, a double-headed serpent, a mosaic on a human skull, a jaguar, and an animal head. They all originate from the Mixtec and Aztec civilizations first encountered by Europeans during the Spanish conquest in the early sixteenth century. The mosaics have long excited admiration for their masterful blend of technical skill and artistry and fascination regarding their association with ritual and ceremony. Only recently though, have scientific investigations undertaken by the British Museum dramatically advanced knowledge of the mosaics by characterizing, for the first time, the variety of natural materials that were used to create them. Illustrated with more than 160 color images, this book describes the recent scientific findings about the mosaics in detail, revealing them to be rich repositories of information about ancient Mexico. The materials used to construct the mosaics demonstrate their makers' deep knowledge of the natural world and its resources. The effort that would have been involved in procuring the materials testifies to the mosaics' value and significance in a society imbued with myths and religious beliefs. The British Museum's analyses have provided evidence of the way that the materials were prepared and assembled, the tools used, and the choices that were made by artisans. In addition, by drawing on historical accounts including early codices, as well as recent archaeological discoveries, specialists have learned more about the place of the mosaics in ancient Mexican culture. Filled with information about the religion, art, and natural and cultural history as well as the extraordinary ability of modern science to enable detailed insight into past eras, Turquoise Mosaics from Mexico offers an overview of the production, utilization, and eventual fate of these beautiful and mysterious objects.
Turquoise Mosaics From Mexico
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Author : Elizabeth Carmichael
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Turquoise Mosaics From Mexico written by Elizabeth Carmichael and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Indian art categories.
Turquois Mosaic Art In Ancient Mexico
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Author : Marshall Howard Saville
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1922
Turquois Mosaic Art In Ancient Mexico written by Marshall Howard Saville and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1922 with History categories.
Turquois Mosaic Art In Ancient Mexico Vol 6
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Author : Marshall H (Marshall Howard) Saville
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2021-09-09
Turquois Mosaic Art In Ancient Mexico Vol 6 written by Marshall H (Marshall Howard) Saville and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-09 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Turquoise In Mexico And North America
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Author : Jonathan C. H. King
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Turquoise In Mexico And North America written by Jonathan C. H. King and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Design categories.
This volume is about the history and cultural use of turquoise in Mexico and North America. ,
Mosaics In Mexico
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Author : Fernández del Villar Fernández
language : en
Publisher: Artes de Mexico y del Mundo
Release Date : 2006
Mosaics In Mexico written by Fernández del Villar Fernández and has been published by Artes de Mexico y del Mundo this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Decoration and ornament, Architectural categories.
The author presents the history evolution of the mosaic production since ancient Greek and Roman tiles and Pre-Columbian mosaic pieces along the history of "Mosaicos Venicianos de Mexico", a factory and workshop owned and operated by the Perdomo family for over 50 years. In the workshop located in Cuernavaca (state of Morelos, Mexico) several generations of mosaicists have produced glass Byzantine mosaic tiles while upholding the highs tandards of the traditional craft of the tesserae with extraordinary examples of contemporary mosaic art displayed in murals and architectural ornamentation. The company has participated with artists Jose Chavez Morado, Diego Rivera, Juan O'Gorman, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Francisco Eppens amongst others in the creation of monumental public mosaic murals"--Provided by vendor.
Turquois Mosaic Art In Ancient Mexico Vol 6
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Author : Marshall H (Marshall Howard) Saville
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2021-09-09
Turquois Mosaic Art In Ancient Mexico Vol 6 written by Marshall H (Marshall Howard) Saville and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-09 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Ancient Nahuatl Poetry
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Author : Daniel Garrison Brinton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
Ancient Nahuatl Poetry written by Daniel Garrison Brinton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with Aztec language categories.
Cultures Of Collecting
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Author : John Elsner
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 1994
Cultures Of Collecting written by John Elsner and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Offering a spectrum of approaches to the phenomenon of collecting from the 16th century to the present, this book covers the collecting of any sort of material objects. It not only deals with the physical objects, but examines the organization of ideas and intellectual models of collecting.
Sky Blue Stone
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Author : Arash Khazeni
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2014-05-10
Sky Blue Stone written by Arash Khazeni and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-10 with History categories.
This book traces the journeys of a stone across the world. From its remote point of origin in the city of Nishapur in eastern Iran, turquoise was traded through India, Central Asia, and the Near East, becoming an object of imperial exchange between the Safavid, Mughal, and Ottoman empires. Along this trail unfolds the story of turquoise--a phosphate of aluminum and copper formed in rocks below the surface of the earth--and its discovery and export as a global commodity. In the material culture and imperial regalia of early modern Islamic tributary empires moving from the steppe to the sown, turquoise was a sacred stone and a potent symbol of power projected in vivid color displays. From the empires of Islamic Eurasia, the turquoise trade reached Europe, where the stone was collected as an exotic object from the East. The Eurasian trade lasted into the nineteenth century, when the oldest mines in Iran collapsed and lost Aztec mines in the Americas reopened, unearthing more accessible sources of the stone to rival the Persian blue. Sky Blue Stone recounts the origins, trade, and circulation of a natural object in the context of the history of Islamic Eurasia and global encounters between empire and nature.