Artistic Expressions in Maya Architecture: Analysis and Documentation Techniques: Expresiones artisticas en la arquitectura maya: Tecnicas de analisis y documentacion

by Cristina Vidal Vidal Lorenzo (Editor), Gaspar Munoz Munoz Cosme (Editor)

Overview

Expresiones artísticas en la arquitectura maya: Técnicas de análisis y documentación

Prehispanic Maya architecture features a large variety of artistic expression, from reliefs and sculptures made of stone or stucco to mural paintings and graffiti found on the plastered surfaces of their walls and façades. All of this constitutes both an important artistic component which complements the architecture, and a new source of information about the people who built these buildings and those who lived within them. In order to preserve them it is vital that innovative techniques are used during archaeological excavations and explorations which allow detailed records to be made immediately after the discovery of such ancient vestiges. This book presents selected studies about the techniques for documentation and analysis of architectural decorative remnants in use by a variety of research teams currently working in the Maya area as well as interesting discussions about the symbolism of the artistic elements on the façades of Maya buildings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781407313405
Publisher:	British Archaeological Reports
Publication date:	01/19/2015
Series:	BAR International , #2693
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 11.69(h) x 0.53(d)
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

Cristina Vidal Lorenzo and Gaspar Muñoz Cosme

Table of Contents

"1. A new look at Maya Art and Architecture (Cristina Vidal Lorenzo and Gaspar Muñoz Cosme)
2. Grafitos Mayas, una base de datos internacional (Gaspar Muñoz Cosme y Cristina Vidal Lorenzo)
3. Ancient Maya Graffiti at Kakab, Yucatán, México (Karl Herbert Mayer)
4. El arte privado de una casa maya. Los grafitos de Tz’ibatnah, Petén, Guatemala (Milan Kováč)
5. Maya graffiti in a wider cultural and geographic
context (Jarosław Źrałka)
6. Las nuevas tecnologías de recreación virtual como herramientas de investigación y diffusion cultural (Andrea Peiró Vitoria y Nuria Matarredona Desantes)
7. «Monstruos familiares» en la arquitectura maya de Yucatán (Miguel Rivera Dorado)
8. Métodos avanzados para el análisis y documentación de la arqueología y arquitectura maya: los «mascarones» de Chilonché y La Blanca (Cristina Vidal Lorenzo y Gaspar Muñoz Cosme)
9. Aplicación de técnicas fotogramétricas en el estudio de la arquitectura maya (Manuel May Castillo y Beatriz Martín Domínguez)
10. Cuando los muros hablan: observaciones y desafíos en Río Bec (Luisa Straulino Mainou, Dominique Michelet, Julie Patrois, Nicolas Latsanopoulos, Yareli Jáidar y Emyly González Gómez)
11. Iconografía y secuencia estilística de las cresterías en la micro-región de Río Bec (Julie Patrois y Philippe Nondédéo)
12. Vida, muerte y renacimiento de un mascarón. Interpretación, conservación y revitalización de las decoraciones monumentales del Grupo H Norte de Uaxactún, Petén, Guatemala (Milan Kováč, Alice Desprat y Edy Barrios)
13. The role of New Technology in the study of Maya mural painting: over a century of progress (María Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, Cristina Vidal Lorenzo and Gaspar Muñoz Cosme)
14. Maya Blue (“Maya Green” and “Maya Yellow”): New Insights into the Maya Blue Technology (Antonio Doménech Carbó, Mª Teresa Doménech Carbó, Cristina Vidal Lorenzo and Mª Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual)"