| Author |
Ardren, Traci.
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| Title |
The Jaguar's Spots : Ancient Mesoamerican Art from the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami / by Traci Ardren ; Contributors, Julie K. Wesp, Gretel Rodriguez, Erica Sefton, Gabrielle Vail ; Spanish Translation by TransPerfect Translations. |
| OCLC |
664134035 |
| ISBN |
9780978821340 |
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0978821343 |
| Publisher |
Coral Gables, FL : University of Miami, Lowe Art Museum, [2010] |
| Description |
162 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Lowe Art Museum -- Exhibitions.
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Indian art -- Mexico -- Pictorial works.
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Indian art -- Mexico -- Exhibitions.
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Indian art -- Mexico -- Themes, motives.
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Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-161). |
| Contents |
Preface and acknowledgements / Brian A. Dursum -- Introduction / Traci Ardren -- The lord of the night : jaguar iconography in the ancient art of Mexico and Central America / Traci Ardren -- Maintaining the cosmos : myth and ritual in Maya painted vessels / Gabrielle Vail -- Conversing with the gods : royal Maya rituals carved in stone / Gabrielle Vail -- Performing the creation of the world on the Miami Vase / Traci Ardren & Gabrielle Vail -- Divine beings and Oaxacan funerary urns in the collection of the Lowe Art Museum / Julie K. Wesp -- Marine life in the art of ancient Parita Bay, Panama / Erica Sefton -- Chicomecoatl, the Aztec maize goddess / Gretel Rodríguez -- Catalog / Traci Ardren. |
| Language note |
English text with parallel Spanish translation; captions for illustrations of catalog in English. |
| General note |
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition, The Jaguar's Spots: Ancient Mesoamerican Art from the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, June 26, 2010 through October 31, 2010"--Title page verso. |
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From the Library of Eric M. Zafran |
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