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Ritual and Power in Stone : The Performance of Rulership in Mesoamerican Izapan Style Art by Julia Guernsey (2006, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN-10029272604X
ISBN-139780292726048
eBay Product ID (ePID)4038279143
Product Key Features
Number of Pages229 Pages
Publication NameRitual and Power in Stone : the Performance of Rulership in Mesoamerican Izapan Style Art
LanguageEnglish
SubjectArchaeology, History / Prehistoric & Primitive, History / Ancient & Classical
Publication Year2006
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaArt, Architecture, Social Science
AuthorJulia Guernsey
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight21 Oz
Item Length11.1 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal972/.601
Table Of ContentPreface and Acknowledgments One. An Introduction to the Late Preclassic Period Two. The Site of Izapa in Context Three. A Historiography of Izapa and the Izapan Style Four. Part of a Continuum: Supernatural Communication in Late Preclassic Izapan Style Art Five. The Performance of Rulership: Avian Transformation in Izapan Style Monuments Six. Monuments in Context Seven. Beyond Ritual: Macaws, Men, and Matrices of Exchange Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisA masterful art historical analysis of how Late Preclassic (300 BC to AD 250) rulers in Chiapas, Mexico, created an elite visual language to express political and supernatural authority which spread through much of the Maya world., The ancient Mesoamerican city of Izapa in Chiapas, Mexico, is renowned for its extensive collection of elaborate stone stelae and altars, which were carved during the Late Preclassic period (300 BC-AD 250). Many of these monuments depict kings garbed in the costume and persona of a bird, a well-known avian deity who had great significance for the Maya and other cultures in adjacent regions. This Izapan style of carving and kingly representation appears at numerous sites across the Pacific slope and piedmont of Mexico and Guatemala, making it possible to trace political and economic corridors of communication during the Late Preclassic period. In this book, Julia Guernsey offers a masterful art historical analysis of the Izapan style monuments and their integral role in developing and communicating the institution of divine kingship. She looks specifically at how rulers expressed political authority by erecting monuments that recorded their performance of rituals in which they communicated with the supernatural realm in the persona of the avian deity. She also considers how rulers used the monuments to structure their built environment and create spaces for ritual and politically charged performances. Setting her discussion in a broader context, Guernsey also considers how the Izapan style monuments helped to motivate and structure some of the dramatic, pan-regional developments of the Late Preclassic period, including the forging of a codified language of divine kingship. This pioneering investigation, which links monumental art to the matrices of political, economic, and supernatural exchange, offers an important new understanding of a region, time period, and group of monuments that played a key role in the history of Mesoamerica and continue to intrigue scholars within the field of Mesoamerican studies.
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