The monuments of Piedras Negras, an ancient Maya city
By: Flora Simmons Clancy.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780826344519
Subjects: Maya sculpture -- Usumacinta River Valley (Guatemala and Mexico); Maya art -- Usumacinta River Valley (Guatemala and Mexico); Maya architecture -- Usumacinta River Valley (Guatemala and Mexico); Piedras Negras Site (Guatemala); Usumacinta River Valley (Guatemala and Mexico) -- Antiquities
Description: "Patronized by royalty between the sixth and eighth centuries, the monuments of Guatemala's ancient Maya city of Piedras Negras were carved by sculptors with remarkable skills and virtuosity. Together patrons and sculptors created monumental imagery in a manner unique within the larger history of ancient Maya art by engaging public viewers through illustrations of ceremonies focusing on family and the feminine in royal agendas." "Flora Clancy's introduction contextualizes her work with other studies and lays out her methodological framework. She then discusses the known monuments of the city sequentially by reigns. Individual rulers are characterized by a biography drawn from the hieroglyphic texts and the icons or imagery of their monuments are analyzed and discussed." "Although the monuments of Piedras Negras are acknowledged as social, political, and cultural productions, Clancy also treats them as works of art that at their best operate on transcendent levels dissolving and overruling the contingencies of history and cultural differences."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.