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Fiery pool : the Maya and the mythic sea
- Title
- Fiery pool : the Maya and the mythic sea / [edited by] Daniel Finamore and Stephen D. Houston.
- Publication
- Salem, Mass. : Peabody Essex Museum ; New Haven, Conn. : in association with Yale University Press, c2010.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQG 14-135 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
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- Description
- 328 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 32 cm
- Alternative Title
- Maya and the mythic sea
- Subjects
- Kimbell Art Museum Exhibitions
- Mexico > Antiquities > Exhibitions
- Caribbean Area
- Maya pottery > Exhibitions
- Maya mythology > Exhibitions
- St. Louis Art Museum Exhibitions
- Maya sculpture > Exhibitions
- Mexico, Gulf of
- Sea in art
- Maya art > Exhibitions
- Marine animals in art
- Peabody Essex Museum Exhibitions
- Central America > Antiquities > Exhibitions
- Note
- "Fiery Pool : The Maya and the Mythic Sea accompanies the exhibition of the same name organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, on view from March 27 through July 18, 2010; and traveling to the Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, from August 29, 2010, through January 2, 2011; and the Saint Louis Art Museum from February 13 through May 8, 2011"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-320) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Dan L. Monroe, Lynda Roscoe Hartigan -- Introduction / Daniel Finamore, Stephen D. Houston -- The worlds of the ancient Maya and the worlds they made / Mary E. Miller, Megan O'Neil -- Drowned landscapes / Heather McKillop -- The wide waters of Palenque / David Stuart -- Living waters and wondrous beasts / Stephen D. Houston -- Symbols of water management at Copan, Honduras / Barbara W. Fash -- The music of shells / Marc Zender -- Navigating the Maya world / Daniel Finamore -- The dark lord of Maya trade / Simon Martin -- The Maya ports Isla Cerritos and Uaymil / Rafael Cobos -- Where earth and sky meet : the sea and sky in ancient and contemporary Maya cosmology / Karl A. Taube -- Offerings to the rain gods : the archaeology of Maya caves / James E. Brady -- Objects cast into cenotes / Luis Alberto Martos López -- Coda : the sea and art / Daniel Finamore.
- Call Number
- JQG 14-135
- ISBN
- 9780300161373 (cloth)
- 0300161379 (cloth)
- 9780875772196 (pbk.)
- 0875772196 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2009932103
- OCLC
- 501186772
- Title
- Fiery pool : the Maya and the mythic sea / [edited by] Daniel Finamore and Stephen D. Houston.
- Imprint
- Salem, Mass. : Peabody Essex Museum ; New Haven, Conn. : in association with Yale University Press, c2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-320) and index.
- Added Author
- Finamore, Daniel, 1961-Houston, Stephen D.Peabody Essex Museum.Kimbell Art Museum.St. Louis Art Museum.
- Research Call Number
- JQG 14-135