The Maya image in the western world
Subtitle: a catalog to an exhibition at the University of New Mexico
By: Peter Briggs, editor
Contributors: University of New Mexico. Art Museum; Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Publisher: University of New Mexico
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Albuquerque]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Mayas; Exhibitions; History
Notes: Contains essays written to accompany a two part exhibition. The first part: The view in western art, Meredith Paxton, curator, University Art Museum, November 15, 1986-February 8, 1987. The second part: The view in western thought, Peter Harrison, curator, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, November 15, 1986-July 31, 1987.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The Old world meets the new  -- Benjamin Keen; title: Frederick Catherwood and the Maya  -- Merideth Paxton; title: Carlos Vierra: his role and influence on the Maya  -- Peter Harrison; title: Archaeologists' images of the ancient Maya  -- Jeremy A. Sabloff, Kelli Carmean; title: The influence of Mayan architecture in the United States  -- Edna E. Heatherington; title: Henry Moore: the reclining figure -- Luis Roberto Vera.