Author : Kenneth Treister
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,33 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780813042466
A discussion of Maya buildings through the eyes of an architect.
Author : Stephen D. Houston
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 23,1 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780884022541
These articles mark a significant stage in the study of Maya architecture and the society that built it. They represent advances in our understandings of the past, point toward avenues for further studies, and note the distance yet to travel in fully appreciating and understanding this ancient American culture and its material remains.
Author : Mary Ellen Miller
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,66 MB
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 0500204225
“In addition to serving as an introduction to Maya art, the book communicates enthusiasm for the art’s aesthetic power and grace.” —Choice Rewritten and updated to include the discoveries and new theories from the past decade and a half, this classic guide to the art of the ancient Maya is now illustrated in color throughout. World expert Mary Miller and her co-author Megan O’Neil take the reader through the visual world of the Maya, explaining how and why they created the paintings, sculpture, and monuments that intrigue and compel people the world over. With an array of new material, including the newly found La Corona panels, Waka’ figurines, and the Dz’ibanche’ staircase; studies of the monuments at Palenque, Zotz, and elsewhere; and paintings discovered in recent years; this new edition will be essential reading for students and scholars—and for travelers to the cities of this mysterious civilization.
Author : Elliot M. Abrams
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 22,58 MB
Release : 2010-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0292792387
Maya architecture is often described as "massive" and "monumental," but experiments at Copan, Honduras, convinced Elliot Abrams that 300 people could have built one of the large palaces there in only 100 days. In this groundbreaking work, Abrams explicates his theory of architectural energetics, which involves translating structures into volumes of raw and manufactured materials that are then multiplied by the time required for their production and assembly to determine the labor costs of past construction efforts. Applying this method to residential structures of the Late Classic period (A.D. 700-900) at Copan leads Abrams to posit a six-tiered hierarchic social structure of political decision making, ranging from a stratified elite to low-ranking commoners. By comparing the labor costs of construction and other economic activities, he also prompts a reconsideration of the effects of royal construction demands on commoners. How the Maya Built Their World will interest a wide audience in New and Old World anthropology, archaeology, architecture, and engineering.
Author : Kaylee R. Spencer
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 37,48 MB
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0826355803
Maya Imagery, Architecture, and Activity privileges art historical perspectives in addressing the ways the ancient Maya organized, manipulated, created, interacted with, and conceived of the world around them. The Maya provide a particularly strong example of the ways in which the built and imaged environment are intentionally oriented relative to political, religious, economic, and other spatial constructs. In examining space, the contributors of this volume demonstrate the core interrelationships inherent in a wide variety of places and spaces, both concrete and abstract. They explore the links between spatial order and cosmic order and the possibility that such connections have sociopolitical consequences. This book will prove useful not just to Mayanists but to art historians in other fields and scholars from a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, geography, and landscape architecture.
Author : James Doyle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 15,21 MB
Release : 2017-03-24
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1107145376
This book examines the emergence of political institutions in Maya civilization through studies of landscape, architecture and material culture.
Author : Jeanne Walker Harvey
Publisher : Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 44,89 MB
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1250112494
"The bold story of Maya Lin, the artist-architect who designed the Vietnam War Memorial"--
Author : Ming Tang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,93 MB
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1317821181
Due to its comprehensive tool-set and great potential for 3D modeling, more and more architectural design and interior design firms are adapting Autodesk Maya and integrating it into their practice. There has been no book aimed at architects and designers who wish to harness the opportunities presented by this software, until now..... The book promotes parametric design. It integrates the theoretical research of computational design and Maya non-linear modeling techniques associated with simulation, animation, digital fabrication and form-finding within 2D & 3D design. Readers will learn: How to use Maya polygon and NURBS modeling tools to create non-linear procedural model. How to use Maya driver keys and relationship tools to generate parametrically negotiable solutions across various design professions. The design logic and generative processes, as well as the potential of parametric thinking as a resourceful tool for achieving diversity and complexity in form generation and fabrication. How to use Maya to prepare files for rapid prototyping and the integration of Maya into various fabrication techniques such as laser cutting, CNC milling, and 3D printing. How to create a digital simulation to simulate all aspects of surface properties and dynamic forces with Maya physics engine. How to use Maya skeleton system and animation tools to control complex architectural forms. How to create photo-realistic renderings with Maya lighting, material and texture mapping. Using several real projects as examples, the book will go through the entire rendering process step by step. How to combine Maya with various CAD/BIM tools to create an efficient design pipeline. How to use Maya MEL script to create customized tools and interface. The book includes case studies from Zaha Hadid Architects, Greg Lynn Form, Gage Clemenceau Architects, Tang & Yang Architects, as well as step by step exercises, demonstration projects and crucially a fantastic online resource which includes video tutorials, scripts, and Maya source files.
Author : Tatiana Proskouriakoff
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 28,49 MB
Release : 1976-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780806113517
With the imagination of an artist and the precision of a scientist, Tatiana Proskouriakoff has captured in pictures thirty-six restorations of magnificent Maya buildings as their builders saw the scenes more than a thousand years ago. Facing her painting of each structure is a documented text of archaeological findings and a line drawing of the existing remains. First issued by the Carnegie Institution of Washington in 1946, this important volume is returned to print in a new format by the University of Oklahoma Press.
Author : David Gebhard
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 21,6 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Architect Stacy-Judd created a sensation in the 1920s and 1930s when be brought Mayan and Aztec motifs into the architecture of southern California. His life and work are examined here, with numerous examples of his color renderings and photos of many of his buildings. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
