Art and Society in a Highland Maya Community The Altarpiece of Santiago Atitlï¿½n

Name: Art and Society in a Highland Maya Community The Altarpiece of Santiago Atitlï¿½n
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ISBN: 9780292712379

ISBN-10: 0292712375

ISBN-13: 9780292712379

Edition: 2001

Authors: Allen J. Christenson

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In this testimony to contemporary Maya artistic creativity in the shadow of civil war, natural disaster and rampant modernisation, Allen Christenson chronicles the reconstruction of the central altarpiece of the church of Santiago Atitlan.

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 12/15/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 260
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



List of Figures


Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction



The Altarpiece in the Context of Tz'utujil History



The Sixteenth-Century Church and Its Altarpieces



The Central Altarpiece and Tz'utujil Cosmology



Iconic Motifs of the Central Altarpiece



Basal Narrative Panels of the Central Altarpiece



Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index