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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812709503321

Autore

Lerner Jesse

Titolo

The Maya of modernism : art, architecture, and film / / Jesse Lerner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque : , : University of New Mexico Press, , c2011

ISBN

1-283-63702-2

0-8263-4983-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 pages)

Collana

Book collections on Project MUSE.

Disciplina

972.8105

Soggetti

Maya art

Maya architecture

Mayas in popular culture

Mayas - Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Filmography: p. 207.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Vegetative Maya; Chapter 2: Maya Modernism Without the Maya; Chapter 3: Progressing Towarda Maya Modernity; Chapter 4: The Aoristic Maya; Chapter 5: The Maya Absolute; Conclusions: Leaving the Ruins of Maya Modernism; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines the ways artists, architects, filmmakers, photographers, and other producers of visual culture in Mexico, the United States, Europe, and beyond have mined Mayan history and imagery.