Softcover
2004 · [San Francisco]/ New York
by Miller, Mary Ellen and Simon Martin
[San Francisco]/ New York: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco/ Thames & Hudson, 2004. Softcover. VG (light foxing to upper block and end pages, light shelfwear to wraps, text and illustrations clean). Color illustrated wraps with tan lettering, aqua spine with white lettering, 304 pp, profusely illustrated in mostly color. "Written by leading authorities and including thirteen personal accounts of the latest ground-breaking research, Courtly Arts of the Ancient Maya examines the royal courts and their art in unprecedented depth. Color photographs and specially commissioned drawings reveal a dazzling array of objects that still have the power to engage and astonish observers centuries after their creation." "The book investigates the rise in the importance of the court, its mythical backdrop, the role of women and the place of warfare. The works of artists and scribes - ceramic censers, stucco heads, jade masks, terracotta figurines, stone boxes, and great carved limestone lintels - bring alive the form, texture, and color of their vanished world."--Jacket. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 4 April-25 July 2004; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 4 September 2004-2 January 2005"--Title page verso./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-290) and index.
(Inventory #: 177520)