OLD GODS AND YOUNG HEROES. The Pearlman Collection of Maya Ceramics. Photographs By Justin Kerr.

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Edité par Jerusalem. Spring 1982. The Israel Museum / The Maremont Pavilion Of Ethnic Arts, 1982

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black oblong full cloth hardcover ~ 2º (folio ~ 9"x12"). large "coffee table" book, international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg cond. rubbed, bit of wrinkling on rear, 3" tear along rear flap edge, not price clipped (no price listed). nice clean vintage copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (nap). 128p. glossy pages throughout. b&w map. 64 glossy plates, many in full color. artifact catalogue. bibliography. archaeologty. art history. ancient history. history of mexico. history of yucatan. history of guatemala. ~ "The study of Maya Art is really in its youth, for it has only been in the last twenty~five years that the non~calendrical parts of the inscriptions that accompany monumental carving have been largely deciphered, and it has only been in the last ten years that the tremendous importance of the understanding of pictorial vessels now in private and public collections has been appreciated. We are in fact, seeing a revolution in the understanding of Maya iconography and religious beliefs through analysis of the scenes on pottery." With these words, Dr. Michael Coe continues to delve into the complexities and mysteries of the Maya pantheon. In this book, the fourth in his explorations, (the previous volumes were "The Maya Scribe and His World," "Classic Maya Pottery at Dumbarton Oaks", and "Lords of the Underworld") Dr. Coe unravels the iconography and sheds light on the old gods and young heroes that we encounter in this book. As part of the process of understanding the vases, Justin Kerr developed and built a camera, which literally "unrolls" the vases, so they can be studied more easily. His camera has eliminated the need for many photographic views of a cylindrical object, giving the scholar another tool to work with. This is the second major use of roll~out photographs; the first was in "Lords of the Underworld" by Dr. Michael D. Coe.…

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OLD GODS AND YOUNG HEROES. The Pearlman Collection of Maya Ceramics. Photographs By Justin Kerr.
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Coe, Michael (text by)
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Jerusalem. Spring 1982. The Israel Museum / The Maremont Pavilion Of Ethnic Arts
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1982
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