Memory traces analyzing sacred space at five mesoamerican sites
Introduction: Sacred spaces as subject and study in the Mesoamerican landscape / Keith M. PruferPassing through the center : the architectural and social contexts of Teotihuacan painting / Patricia J. Sarro and Matthew H. Robb -- Where rulers are made : spaces of political legitimacy at Tula and el...
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University Press of Colorado
2015
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: Sacred spaces as subject and study in the Mesoamerican landscape / Keith M. PruferPassing through the center : the architectural and social contexts of Teotihuacan painting / Patricia J. Sarro and Matthew H. Robb -- Where rulers are made : spaces of political legitimacy at Tula and el Tajín / Rex Koontz -- Building memories at Tula : sacred landscapes and architectural veneration / Cynthia Kristan-Graham -- The House of the Phalli and the constitution of sacred space through gender performances at Chichén Itzá / Laura M. Amrhein and Matthew G. Looper -- Establishing and translating Maya spaces at Tonina and Ocosingo : how indigenous portraits were moved, mutilated, and made Christian in New Spain / Linnea Wren, Travis Nygard, and Kaylee Spencer -- Conclusion: Space, place, ritual, and identity in ancient Mesoamerica / Nicholas P. Dunning and Eric Weaver. "Art historians and archaeologists from the US and Mexico come together to examine the nature of sacred space in Mesoamerica. Contributors explore the process of defining sacred space; how modern Western definitions differ from ancient Mesoamerica; how sacred spaces were conceived and used physically and symbolically; and what theoretical approaches are useful for art historians and archaeologists"-- "Art historians and archaeologists from the US and Mexico come together to examine the nature of sacred space in Mesoamerica. Contributors explore the process of defining sacred space; how modern Western definitions differ from ancient Mesoamerica; how sacred spaces were conceived and used physically and symbolically; and what theoretical approaches are useful for art historians and archaeologists"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xxx, 231 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781607323761 978-1-60732-376-1 9781607323778 |