Title: The jaguar's spots : ancient Mesoamerican art from the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami /
Authors: Ardren, Traci.; Lowe Art Museum.
Publisher: Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Lowe Art Museum Exhibitions.; Maya art Exhibitions.; Aztec art Exhibitions.; Indian art Central America Exhibitions; Indian art Mexico Exhibitions
Contents: Preface and acknowledgements / Brian A. Dursum -- Introduction / Traci Ardren -- The lord of the night : jaguar iconography in the ancient art of Mexico and Central America / Traci Ardren -- Maintaining the cosmos : myth and ritual in Maya painted vessels / Gabrielle Vail -- Conversing with the gods : royal Maya rituals carved in stone / Gabrielle Vail -- Performing the creation of the world on the Miami Vase / Traci Ardren & Gabrielle Vail -- Divine beings and Oaxacan funerary urns in the collection of the Lowe Art Museum / Julie K. Wesp -- Marine life in the art of ancient Parita Bay, Panama / Erica Sefton -- Chicomecoatl, the Aztec maize goddess / Gretel Rodríguez -- Catalog / Traci Ardren.