Constructing Power and Place in Mesoamerica: Pre-Hispanic Paintings from Three Regions

Identities of power and place, as expressed in paintings from the periods before and after the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica, are the subject of this book of case studies from Central Mexico, Oaxaca, and the Maya area. These sophisticated, skillfully rendered images occur with architecture, in manuscripts, on large pieces of cloth, and on ceramics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082635906X
• ISBN13: 9780826359063
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Unm Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 11.2"