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The Art of Urbanism

The Art of Urbanism How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery - Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia

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The conference explored how the royal courts of Mesoamerica represented their kingdoms in architectural, iconographic & cosmological terms. Themes in this volume include the ways in which public monuments were fashioned to reflect geographic space, patron gods & mythology.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780884023449
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 972.01
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 576
Weight: 1460g
Height: 262mm
Width: 192mm
Spine width: 32mm