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Maya Rulers of Time: A Study of Architectural Sculpture at Tikal, Guatemala / Los Soberanos Mayas del Tiempo : Un Estudio de la Escultura Arquitectonica de Tikal, Guatemala (Bilingual Edition)
Maya Rulers of Time A Study of Architectural Sculpture at Tikal Guatemala / Los Soberanos Mayas del Tiempo Un Estudio de la Escultura Arquitectonica de Tikal Guatemala - Bilingual Edition Author:Arthur G. Miller This is a well-illustrated, scholarly study of Mayan architectural sculpture at Tikal, Guatemala., rooted in the work of Tatiana Proskouriakoff, a leading Mayanist who regarded the study of Maya art as a neglected and highly and highly effective means of interpreting Maya civilization. Her example has stimulated a generation of scholars wh... more »o write about Maya art.
The study represents a stage of of development toward Tikal Report No. 36, "The Art of Tikal in Archaeological Contexts." It argues that not only stelae but also architecture and its sculpture embody a Maya concern with a public proclamation of authority, couched in the calendrical terms of Mayan religion.
This is a bilingual publication with English printed in the left hand column and Spanish printed in the right hand column of each page.« less