Art and the Senses in Ancient America
Archaeopress Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-80327-811-7 (ISBN)
Art and the Senses in Ancient America addresses three essential questions. The first is the materiality of the arts in pre-Columbian America, considering different cultures of both ancient Mesoamerica and the Andean area. In several of its chapters, the importance of physicochemical studies applied to the study of the art of past cultures is evident, because they offer results on the raw materials that were used, which were not always referenced in written or visual sources. The volume approaches art not only from its tangible dimension, but also from its immaterial one, as demonstrated by chapters focused on the culinary, aromatic and musical arts, which appeal to the senses of taste, smell and hearing. This brings us to the second dimension under discussion: the close relationship between the materiality of the arts and their sociocultural meanings. In this sense, the raw materials from which the images, textures, sounds, fragrances and flavors were made, which were part of the art and daily life of these pre-Columbian cultures, had meanings of great importance in their environments of belonging and use, whether they were public or private. This, finally, leads to the third argument that this book explores: the senses and sensory perception of art and daily life that participated in the sacred and the profane, giving identity to numerous sociocultural practices that are present in today’s indigenous communities, who safeguard the historical memory of their ancestors.
The contributions collected in this book are presented by authors working in different academic institutions in Europe and the Americas. Their long research trajectories are characterized by innovative interdisciplinary approaches that are characteristic of their respective universities and research centers, including the Getty Research Institute, Emory University, Princeton University, University of New Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Mérida, Yucatán), Universitat de València, Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara”-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Università di Bologna, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Paris, among others. In this way, the book brings together structured contributions from diverse disciplinary fields, such as art history, history, archaeology, anthropology or archaeometry, among others. The authors have all published widely in international journals and books.
Introduction. Art and the Senses in ancient America – Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, Ana García Barrios, Megan E. O’Neil
Part I. Art, sensory perception and experience among the ancient Maya
Chapter 1. Materia, textura, color y percepción de las imágenes sagradas mayas – Ana García Barrios, Alejandra Martínez de Velasco Cortina
Chapter 2. A miniature world of sensorial art – Mary E. Miller
Chapter 3. Modelando el sonido en barro: figurillas-silbatos miniatura del basurero de un noble del Grupo IV de Palenque – Ana García Barrios, Andrés Ciudad Ruiz, Jesús Adánez Pavón
Chapter 4. Aromas y experiencia olfativa en la cultura maya prehispánica – Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, Patricia Horcajada Campos
Chapter 5. Envolviendo a los gobernantes mayas. Un estudio arqueométrico de dos contextos funerarios del sitio arqueológico de Calakmul, Campeche, México – Vera Tiesler, Patricia Quintana Owen, Kadwin Pérez López, Daniel H. Aguilar Treviño, Ivan Oliva Arias, J.V. Cauich Rodríguez, William J. Folan, María del Rosario Domínguez Carrasco
Chapter 6. Flavours, aromas and textures: art and everyday life among the ancient Maya – Lilia Fernández Souza
Chapter 7. Mixtures and textures in Maya culinary art: evidence from yesterday and today – María Jesús Novelo-Pérez, Esteban Moisés Herrera-Parra
Chapter 8. Entrando a un patio doméstico maya del Clásico Tardío-Terminal – Marie Charlotte Arnauld
Chapter 9. La serpiente en la cultura visual maya. Materia y simbolismo – Cristina Vidal Lorenzo
Chapter 10. Los grafitos mayas prehispánicos: percepción y representación – Núria Feliu Beltrán
Chapter 11. Archaeometric study of the stuccos in archaeological sites of the Northern Maya Lowlands (Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico): the lime from the mortars of the preparation layers – Núria Guasch-Ferré, José Luis Prada Pérez, Ma. Teresa Doménech-Carbó, Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, Laura Osete-Cortina
Chapter 12. Thrones of the Dresden Codex: The Materiality of Power – Merideth Paxton
Part II. Art, sensory perception and experience among other Mesoamerican and Pre-Columbian Cultures
Chapter 13. Eternity Carved in Stone: Mayan and Olmec Greenstone Artifacts Characterized by in situ Spectroscopic Methods – Mayra Dafne Manrique-Ortega, José Luis Ruvalcaba-Sil, Edgar Casanova-González, Laura Filloy-Nadal, Pieterjan Claes, María Angélica García-Bucio, Malinalli Wong-Rueda, Valentina Aguilar-Melo
Chapter 14. Análisis tecnológico del mono de obsidiana de la sala mexica del Museo Nacional de Antropología de la Ciudad de México – Emiliano Melgar Tísoc, Reyna Beatriz Solís Ciriaco, Bertina Olmedo Vera
Chapter 15. Scrolls of Smoke and Sky: Reevaluating Scent and Sound in the Borgia Group Manuscripts – Alanna S. Radlo-Dzur
Chapter 16. Estudios de la materialidad de los códices mesoamericanos: I. Apuntes para una historia de los análisis científicos – Davide Domenici, Élodie Dupey García
Chapter 17. Estudios de la materialidad de los códices mesoamericanos: II. Acercamientos desde la historia y perspectivas para el futuro – Élodie Dupey García, Davide Domenici
Chapter 18. Sounds of Copper and Fire. Acoustic Symbolism of Copper Alloys in pre-Hispanic Musical Instruments – Mónica Gudemos
Chapter 19. Colours from the past: Mesoamerican pre-Hispanic dyes in Spanish Colonial Architecture in Northern Mexico – Karla Muñoz Alcocer, Laura Fuster-López, Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, Marcello Picollo, Diana Maldonado-Escobar, Daniel Salazar-Alemán
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.05.2025 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | spanisch |
| Gewicht | 885 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80327-811-0 / 1803278110 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80327-811-7 / 9781803278117 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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