The Life Within: Classic Maya and the Matter of Permanence
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For the Classic Maya, who flourished in and around the Yucatan peninsula in the first millennium AD, artistic materials were endowed with an internal life. Far from being inert substances, jade, flint, obsidian, and wood held a vital essence, agency, and even personality. To work with these materials was to coax their life into full expression and to engage in witty play. Writing, too, could shift from hieroglyphic signs into vibrant glyphs that sprouted...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0300196024
ISBN13:9780300196023
Release Date:March 2014
Publisher:Yale University Press
Length:208 Pages
Weight:2.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 8.4" x 10.1"
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