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The Design of a Maya Ceremonial City
出版University of Texas Press, 1985
ISBN02927857209780292785724
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TdXSwAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋More than mere documentation, however, the book explores the phenomenon of art within Maya society. Tate establishes a general framework of cultural practices, spiritual beliefs, and knowledge likely to have been shared by eighth-century Maya people. The process of making public art is considered in relation to other modes of aesthetic expression, such as oral tradition and ritual. This kind of analysis is new in Maya studies and offers fresh insight into the function of these magnificent cities and the powerful role public art and architecture play in establishing cultural norms, in education in a semiliterate society, and in developing the personal and community identities of individuals.