Painted Architecture and Polychrome Monumental Sculpture in Mesoamerica
Painted Architecture and Polychrome Monumental Sculpture in Mesoamerica
By: Elizabeth Hill Boone
This volume investigates the use and importance of color over a broad geographic and temporal range in Mesoamerica, opening unto a broader understanding of Mesoamerican art and art history.
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This volume investigates the use and importance of color over a broad geographic and temporal range in Mesoamerica. Areas of focus include the Maya approach to painted architecture and sculpture, the situation in Oaxaca from the Preclasssic to the Conquest, and the use of color in Postclassic Central Mexico. By turning attention toward polychromic diversity in architecture and sculpture, the essays in this volume open unto a broader understanding of Mesoamerican art and art history, one that expands beyond monochromatic interpretations in the visual arts.
Elizabeth Hill Boone
Elizabeth Boone is a specialist in the Precolumbian and early colonial art of Latin America, with an emphasis on Mexico. Formerly Director of Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks (1980-95), she has taught art history at Tulane since 1995. Her research interests range from the history of collecting to systems of writing and notation; they are grounded geographically in Aztec Mexico but extend temporally for at least a century after the Spanish invasion.
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