Colin Mcewan, Andrew Middleton, Caroline Cartwright, Rebecca Stacey

Turquoise Mosaics from Mexico

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This history of Mexican mosaics, distinct from Greek or Roman mosaics in that they are portable objects rather than architectural ornamentation, offers insight into Mesoamerican cosmogony, religious ritual, politics, trade, societal composition, and other

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 194mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780822339151
• ISBN-10: 0822339153
• Artikelnr.: 22532312

Autorenporträt

Colin McEwan, Andrew Middleton, Caroline Cartwright, and Rebecca Stacey

Inhaltsangabe

Director’s Foreword 6
Acknowledgments 7
1. Introduction 8
Ancient Mexico 8
Sources of information 8
Mosaics in the British Museum 11
Antecedents in serpentine and jade 14
The significance of materials 19
2. Mosaics under the Microscope 24
Microscopy and analysis: the science behind the art 24
Raw materials: selection and procurement 27
Construction of the mosaics 38
3. The Turquoise Mosaics in the British Museum Collections 42
The masks 42
The helmet 53
The double-headed serpent 54
The shield 59
The mosaic on a human skull 66
The knife 71
The jaguar 78
The animal head 83
Epilogue 85
Notes 86
Glossary of scientific techniques 90
Bibliography 91
Index 94
Picture Credits 96