The Art Of The Maya
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Few civilisations have left behind an artistic legacy as breathtaking and enigmatic as the ancient Maya, and The Art of the Maya by Henri Stierlin stands as one of the most authoritative and visually arresting surveys of their extraordinary cultural achievement. Spanning centuries of creation across the rainforests of Mesoamerica, the work chronicles the full arc of Maya artistic production — from the monumental stone carvings and soaring temple reliefs of Palenque and Tikal to the intricate jade masks, painted ceramics, and ornate funerary objects that speak of a civilisation at the very pinnacle of pre-Columbian ingenuity. Stierlin masterfully situates each artefact and architectural wonder within its religious, political, and cosmological context, revealing how art functioned not merely as decoration, but as a sacred language binding rulers, gods, and the cosmos. Stierlin, a renowned authority on world architecture and ancient art, brings his characteristic precision and scholarly rigour to bear on a subject of immense complexity, presenting the visual culture of the Maya as both aesthetically magnificent and intellectually profound. His prose is clear, authoritative, and richly evocative, making this volume as accessible to the general reader as it is indispensable to the specialist. The sweeping photographic documentation that accompanies the text transforms the book into an immersive visual journey through one of history's most captivating lost worlds — leaving the reader to wonder what further secrets this remarkable civilisation has yet to surrender.
Author: Henri Stierlin
Format: Hardback
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Few civilisations have left behind an artistic legacy as breathtaking and enigmatic as the ancient Maya, and The Art of the Maya by Henri Stierlin stands as one of the most authoritative and visually arresting surveys of their extraordinary cultural achievement. Spanning centuries of creation across the rainforests of Mesoamerica, the work chronicles the full arc of Maya artistic production — from the monumental stone carvings and soaring temple reliefs of Palenque and Tikal to the intricate jade masks, painted ceramics, and ornate funerary objects that speak of a civilisation at the very pinnacle of pre-Columbian ingenuity. Stierlin masterfully situates each artefact and architectural wonder within its religious, political, and cosmological context, revealing how art functioned not merely as decoration, but as a sacred language binding rulers, gods, and the cosmos. Stierlin, a renowned authority on world architecture and ancient art, brings his characteristic precision and scholarly rigour to bear on a subject of immense complexity, presenting the visual culture of the Maya as both aesthetically magnificent and intellectually profound. His prose is clear, authoritative, and richly evocative, making this volume as accessible to the general reader as it is indispensable to the specialist. The sweeping photographic documentation that accompanies the text transforms the book into an immersive visual journey through one of history's most captivating lost worlds — leaving the reader to wonder what further secrets this remarkable civilisation has yet to surrender.