Art and society in a Highland Maya community : the altarpiece of Santiago Atitlán /

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A study of a major piece of modern Mayan religious art.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Christenson, Allen J., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2001.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies.
Subjects:
Tzutuhil Indians > Religion.
Altarpieces > Guatemala > Santiago Atitlán.
Tzutuhil sculpture > Guatemala > Santiago Atitlán.
Tzutuhil > Religion.
Sculpture tzutuhil > Guatemala > Santiago Atitlán.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Religious.
ART / Caribbean & Latin American
Altarpieces
Tzutuhil Indians > Religion
Tzutuhil sculpture
Santiago Atitlán (Guatemala) > Religious life and customs.
Guatemala > Santiago Atitlán
Indios Tzutuhil > Religion.
Retablos > Guatemala > Santiago Atitlán.
Escultura Tzutuhil > Guatemala > Santiago Atitlán.
Santiago Atitlán > Vida religiosa y costumbres.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The altarpiece in the context of Tz'utujil history
  • The sixteenth-century church and its altarpieces
  • The central altarpiece and Tz'utujil cosmology
  • The iconic motifs of the central altarpiece
  • The Basal narrative panels of the central altarpiece.

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