Memory in Fragments: The Lives of Ancient Maya Sculptures - Couverture rigide

O'Neil, Megan E.

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ISBN 10 : 1477329390 ISBN 13 : 9781477329399

Editeur : University of Texas Press, 2024

Synopsis

An exploration of how the ancient Maya engaged with their history by using, altering, and burying stone sculptures.

For the ancient Maya, monumental stone sculptures were infused with agency. As they were used, reused, altered, and buried, such sculptures retained ceremonial meaning. In Memory in Fragments, Megan E. O'Neil explores how ancient Maya people engaged with history through these sculptures, as well as how they interacted with the stones themselves over the course of the sculptures' long "lives." Considering Maya religious practices, historiography, and conceptions of materials and things, O'Neil explores how Maya viewers perceived sculptures that were fragmented, scarred, burned, damaged by enemies, or set in unusual locations. In each case, she demonstrates how different human interactions, amid dynamic religious, political, and historical contexts, led to new episodes in the sculptures' lives.

A rare example of cross-temporal and geographical work in this field, Memory in Fragments both compares sculptures within ancient Maya culture across Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize over hundreds of years and reveals how memory may accrue around and be evoked in material remains.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Megan E. O'Neil is an assistant professor of art history at Emory University; the author of Engaging Ancient Maya Sculpture at Piedras Negras, Guatemala and The Maya; and the coauthor of a revised edition of Maya Art and Architecture.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Texas Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1477329390
• ISBN 13: 9781477329399
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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