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This engaging exploration of the Maya pantheon introduces readers
to the complex stories of Mesoamerican divinity through the
stunning carvings, ceramics, and metalwork of the Classic period
Focusing on the period between A.D. 250 and 900, Lives of the Gods
reveals that ancient Maya artists evoked a pantheon as rich and
complex as the more familiar Greco-Roman, Hindu-Buddhist, and
Egyptian deities. The authors show how this powerful cosmology
informed some of the greatest creative achievements of Maya
civilization, represented here from the monumental to the miniature
through more than 140 works in jade, stone, and clay. Thematic
chapters supported by new scholarship on recent archaeological
discoveries detail the different types of gods and their domains,
the role of the divine in the lives of the ancient Maya, and the
continuation of these traditions from the colonial period through
the present day. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of
Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (November 21, 2022-April 2,
2023) Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (May 7-September 3, 2023)
With ingenuity and a little luck Carlston Hart survives a nuclear
holocaust that consumes the Earth. However, his beloved wife Rayka
is not so fortunate. Carlston has a copy of Rayka's memories and
personality, and he will do anything to bring her back.
Nevertheless, the tools and technology he needs no longer exists on
a ravaged Earth. His only hope is to try to find his friends that
may have escaped to the stars long ago. In his often comic
adventures across a bizarre, surrealistic new world Carlston
discovers both allies and enemies, and his odd talents as a
hi-tech, Jack-of-all trades often proves to be his only salvation
from a world turned against its original creators. With the
technology he seeks close at hand, Carlston eventually realizes
that finding these resources has been the least of his worries, and
that his troubles are just beginning. Free for download. Also
please visit www.Hartsfolly.com
From the first millennium B.C. until the arrival of Europeans in
the 16th century, artists from across the ancient Americas created
small-scale architectural effigies to be placed in the tombs of
important individuals. These works in stone, ceramic, wood, and
metal range from highly abstracted, minimalist representations of
temples and houses to elaborate complexes populated with figures,
conveying a rich sense of ancient ritual and daily life. Although
described as models, these effigies were created not so much as
reflections or prototypes of existing structures, but rather as
critical, conceptual components of funerary practice and beliefs
about an afterlife. Design for Eternity is the first publication in
English to explore these architectural works, providing new
insights into ancient American design and how it reflected the
practices of daily life. The vivid illustrations and texts focus on
architectural representation, as well as the role these intriguing
sculptures played in mediating relationships among the living, the
dead, and the divine. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of
Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The
Metropolitan Museum of Art (10/26/15-09/18/16)
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