ARTH402- Art and religion in Latin
America
Reading assignment for Sept. 15
Maya art and
cosmology
§ Miller, Mary Ellen. “Life at the Maya court” and “The divine models of courtly culture,”
Courtly art of the ancient Maya. [San Francisco]: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco;
New York: Thames & Hudson, 2004, pp. 17-27, 51-65. [Morris Library F 1435 .M55 2004]
Links to some illustrations
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Plate
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Plate 24
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Plate
28
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Plate 29
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Plate 32
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Plate
32b
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Plate
33
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Plate 33b
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Plate
34
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Plate 34b
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Plate
41-42
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Plate 43
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Plate 45
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Plate 45b
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Plate
65
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Plate
66
Other useful links
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Timeline of Maya art at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Palenque, Yucatan, Mexico
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Tikal,
Guatemala
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Copan,
Honduras
