PRE-COLUMBIAN ARCHITECTURE IN MESOAMERICA

por URIARTE, MARIA TERESA

ABBEVILLE

PRE-COLUMBIAN ARCHITECTURE IN MESOAMERICA

ISBN: 978-0-7892-1045-6
Fecha de la edición: 2010
Edición Nº: 1
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Encuadernación: CARTONE
Nº Pág.: 336

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Pre-Columbian Architecture in Mesoamerica is destined to become a standard reference for the serious student and an intellectual delight for the interested amateur. This authoritative yet accessible study begins with an overview of the aesthetics, meanings, functions, and techniques of Mesoamerican architecture, and then proceeds to survey the historical development of the builder's art in each of the region's cultural areas. As readers travel from the the Maya heartland of Guatemala and the Yucatan to the Aztec stronghold of the Valley of Mexico, and all the way to the northern hinterlands of Mesoamerica, they will gain an appreciation of both the unity and the diversity of the region's architecture. The concluding chapter is devoted to the descriptions of architecture that have survived in Mayan and Aztec texts; it includes a unique and valuable glossary of the relevant glyphs.


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