Veiled brightness : a history of ancient Maya color / Stephen Houston [and others].

Other author Houston, Stephen D.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press, 2009.
Descriptionxi, 148 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Mayas--Mexico. --Yucatán (State). --Antiquities.
Mayas--Material culture. --Mexico. --Yucatán (State).
Maya arts--Mexico. --Yucatán (State).
Color--Social aspects. --Mexico. --Yucatán (State). --History.
Symbolism of colors--Mexico. --Yucatán (State). --History.
Yucatán (Mexico : State)--Antiquities.

Portion of title History of ancient Maya color
SeriesThe William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the western hemisphere
William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere. ^A765717
Contents Seeing color. Sensing color ; Theorizing color in the West ; Comparative theories of color ; Colorizing Mesoamerica ; A book on Maya color -- Naming color. Simplex terms ; Complex terms ; Organization of colors ; Maya color terms (Red ; White ; Black ; Yellow ; Yax) ; Maya terminology -- Making color. Prime colorants (Feathers ; Flowers ; Shells ; Stones) ; Manufactured colorants (Dyes ; Pigments and paints ; Ceramics : a special case) ; Making Maya color -- Using color. Approaches and limitations ; The Preclassic and Early Classic (Red, black, and white ; The Late Preclassic : new colors ; The Early Classic ; Color use in the Preclassic and Early Classic) ; The Late Early Classic and the rise of Maya blue (Experimetns in ceramics ; The rise of Maya blue ; Architectural color ; The conservative colors of death ; Color use in the Late Early Classic) ; The Late Classic : naturalism and its dissenters (The naturalistic revolution ; Color and dimension ; Rejections of polychromy ; Color use in the Late Classic) ; The Terminal Classic : rupture and reinventions ; The Postclassic : the colors of the gods (Early Postclassic : five basic colors ; Late Postclassic : the "international style" ; The "blue-and-black style" ; Color contrasts ; Color use in the Postclassic) ; Using color -- Epilogue: A history of Maya color -- Appendix: Dyes and organic colorants of the Maya and Aztecs.
Abstract A systematic study of how the ancient Maya peoples perceived and used colour.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Veiled brightness. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2008024198
ISBN9780292719002 (cl. ; alk. paper)
ISBN0292719000 (cl. ; alk. paper)