Ancient Maya art at Dumbarton Oaks
By: Joanne Pillsbury ... [et al.], editors ; with additional contributions by Barbara Arroyo ... [et al.].
Contributors: Dumbarton Oaks
Series: Pre-Columbian art at Dumbarton Oaks -- no. 4; Pre-Columbian art at Dumbarton Oaks -- no. 4.
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9780884023753
Subjects: Dumbarton Oaks; Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art; Catalogs; Maya art
Description: This introduction to Maya art is based on study of one of the most important collections in the United States, assembled by Robert Woods Bliss between 1935 and 1962. The catalogue, written by leading Maya scholars, contains detailed analyses of specific works of art along with thematic essays situating them within the context of Maya culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes some texts in Mayan languages with English translation.
Table of contents: title: Incidents of travel : Robert Woods Bliss and the creation of the Maya collection at Dumbarton Oaks  -- Joanne Pillsbury and Miriam Doutriaux; title: Classic Maya culture, history, and myth  -- Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos; title: Catalogue entries for monuments -- The best of all things : beauty, materials, and society among the classic Maya  -- Stephen D. Houston; title: Catalogue entries for stone vessels -- From stone to jewel : jade in ancient Maya religion and rulership  -- Karl A. Taube and Reiko Ishihara-Brito; title: Catalogue entries for jade objects -- Flint effigy eccentrics  -- John E. Clark, Fred W. Nelson, and Gene L. Titmus; title: Catalogue entries for flint effigy eccentrics -- Classic Maya painted ceramics : artisans, workshops, and distribution  -- Dorie Reents-Budet and Ronald L. Bishop; title: Catalogue entries for ceramic vessels -- Jaina-style figurines  -- Megan E. O'Neil; title: Catalogue entries for jaina-style figurines -- Pre-columbian Maya shell objects : an analysis of manufacturing techniques  -- Adrian Velazquez Castro; title: Catalogue entries for shell and organic objects.