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Picture worlds : storytelling on Greek, Moche, and Maya pottery
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"An introduction to and comparative study of the painted pottery of ancient Greece, Moche, and Maya"--
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- Creator
- edited by David Saunders and Megan E. O'Neil ; with contributions by Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos, Iyaxel Cojti Ren, Guy Hedreen, Ulla Holmquist, Stephen Houston, Kathleen M. Lynch, Joanne Pillsbury, Jeffrey Quilter, Carlos Rengifo, Julio Rucabado, Mark Stansbury-O'Donnell, Andrew D. Turner, Elena Vega
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- English
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- Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2024]
- ©2024
- Physical Details
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- 206 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781606069059, 1606069063, 1606069055, 9781606069066
- OCLC
- on1410116944
- Published on the occasion of the exhibition Picture Worlds: Greek, Moche, and Maya Pottery, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Malibu, from April 10 to July 29, 2024, and the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, from September 14 to December 15, 2024.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-198) and index.
- Introduction / Megan E. O'Neil, David Saunders, and Andrew D. Turner -- Modern histories of ancient vases / Megan E. O'Neil and David Saunders -- Makers and users. Greek -- Ancient Greece, 700-323 BCE: an overview / David Saunders -- Greek painted pottery: production and use / David Saunders -- Athenian figured pottery at home and abroad / Kathleen M. Lynch -- Moche The Moche, 200-850 CE: an overview / Ulla Holmquist -- Moche ceramics: artists, workshops, and techniques / Andrew D. Turner -- Uses and users of Moche painted vessels / Jeffrey Quilter -- The warrior duck of Huacas de Moche: funerary rituals and the mastery of Moche potters / Elena Vega and Carlos Rengifo -- Maya -- The Late Classic Maya, 550-850 CE: an overview / Megan E. O'Neill -- Maya vase production and use / Maya gift giving / Stephen D. Houston -- Stories and pictures -- Understanding the imagery / David Saunders, Megan E. O'Neill , and Andrew D. Turner -- The Trojan War / Mark Stansbury-O'Donnell -- Satyrs / Guy Hedreen -- The adventures of Wrinkle Face / Julio Rucabado Yong -- Violent legumes / Joanne Pillsbury -- The journey of the Maya maize god / Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos -- Wayob as symbols of collective identity and power / Iyaxel Cojti Ren -- Postscript / Megan E. O'Neill and David Saunders
Subjects
- Pottery, Ancient -- Greece -- Exhibitions.
- Pottery, Ancient -- Peru -- Exhibitions.
- Pottery, Ancient -- Mexico -- Exhibitions.
- Pottery, Ancient -- Central America -- Exhibitions.
- Pottery, Greek -- Exhibitions.
- Mochica pottery -- Exhibitions.
- Maya pottery -- Exhibitions.
- Painted pottery -- Exhibitions.
- Narrative art -- Exhibitions.