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Title: Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya by Simon Martin, Kathleen Berrin, Mary Miller ISBN: 0-500-05129-1 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful Achievement!
Comment: Mary Ellen Miller and Simon Martin build upon their previous triumphs with this excellent volume.
Mary Ellen collaborated with the legendary Linda Schele to co-curate The Blood of Kings exhibition and produce an exquisite catalogue in 1986. The exhibition was one of the seminal events in allowing the public, avocationals and their fellow scholars to witness the grandeur and magnificence of ancient Maya culture and science. Their groundbreaking research into concepts of Maya kingship, history, daily life, and Linda's work on the decipherment of the ancient Maya hieroglyphic writing system were brought together in that excellent catalogue.
In 2000, Simon (who has published extensively on Maya epigraphy and culture) co-authored Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens with Nikolai Grube. This work is one of the most readable, detailed and well organized volumes on Maya history to date.
These authors' continuation of building strength of their presentation through multidisciplinary collaboration makes their current volume, Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya, a huge success.
The pages show their individual and shared strengths and skills as art historian, artist, epigrapher, as well as writing with a thorough grasp of their entire subject matter. Each, having collaborated with many colleagues in the vanguard of Maya studies, brings the comprehensive sum of the latest knowledge into this work.
One suspects that many comparisons will rightly be made to The Blood of Kings, and doing so seems a great compliment to this current work and the authors. Just as the 1986 exhibition and catalogue presented many very famous art objects and placed them into historical and cultural context in Maya history, the collection presented here may surpass the former one in terms of the variety and most of all the timeliness in which many objects are exhibited. Some of the highlighted objects of the current collection have only been excavated in the past decade. In particular, the exquisite platform tablet from Palenque Temple 21 has only come to light during INAH excavations in the past 5 years. It's presence in this collection is indeed remarkable. Additionally, the many beautiful pieces from Tonina have only been placed in that site's new regional museum and been available to the public in the past 5 years as well.
The value of this volume is greatly increased by the addition of detailed descriptions of the art objects, their context, and especially translations of the hieroglyphic writing, where present. The advances made in the writing system's decipherment in the past 20 years make the objects even more accessible to both students of Maya history and culture, and non-Mayanists as well. The beauty and quality of the photographic images and line drawings are especially impressive.
Anyone who has taken an interest in large art exhibitions of objects housed in such world-wide institutions has to stand in awe of this collection coming together. Those of use familiar with the art of Mesoamerica and the Maya world have looked forward to an exhibition of this type and scope in the U.S. for many years. It is a great tribute to the talents (and undoubtedly the great diplomacy) of Mary Ellen, Simon and the other curators to bring these objects into one great show. The catalogue that they have produced is not only a visual joy to linger over, but will be a valuable reference work for many years.
Having been elated with this catalogue, I cannot wait to travel to either (or both) Washington DC and San Francisco to view the collection first hand.
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Title: Lightning Warrior : Maya Art and Kingship at Quirigua by Matthew G. Looper ISBN: 0292705565 Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Ancient Mexico and Central America: Archaeology and Culture History by Susan Toby Evans, Thames, Hudson ISBN: 0500051275 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $70.00 |
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Title: The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands: Collapse, Transition, and Transformation by Arthur A. Demarest, Prudence M. Rice, Don S. Rice ISBN: 0870817396 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: The New Catalog of Maya Heiroglyphs: The Classic Period Inscriptions (CIVILIZATION OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN SERIES) by Martha J. Macri, Matthew G. Looper ISBN: 0806134976 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: Maya Palaces and Elite Residences : An Interdisciplinary Approach by Jessica Joyce Christie ISBN: 0292712448 Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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