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

William Fash, Leonardo Lopez Lujan

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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:	20 Oct 2009
DEWEY:	972.01
DEWEY edition:	22
Number of pages:	576
Weight:	1460g
Height:	262mm
Width:	192mm
Spine width:	32mm