Veiled brightness: a history of ancient Maya color

Abstract

Prologue Chapter One. Seeing Color Sensing Color Theorizing Color in the West Comparative Theories of Color Colorizing Mesoamerica A Book on Maya Color Chapter Two. Naming Color Simplex Terms Complex Terms Organization of Colors Maya Color Terms Red White Black Yellow Yax Maya Terminology Chapter Three. Making Color Prime Colorants Feathers Flowers Shells Spondylus Mother-of-Pearl and Pearl Stones Jade Nonjade Greenstones Obsidian Turquoise Reflective Stones: Pyrite, Hematite, and Mica Translucent Stones Manufactured Colorants Dyes Pigments and Paints Blacks Whites Reds, Yellows, and Browns Blues and Greens Ceramics: A Special Case Making Maya Color Chapter Four. Using Color Approaches and Limitations The Preclassic and Early Classic: Colors of the Earth Red, Black, and White The Late Preclassic: New Colors The Early Classic: Tradition and Retrenchment Color Use in the Preclassic and Early Classic The Late Early Classic and the Rise of Maya Blue Experiments in Ceramics The Invention of Maya Blue Architectural Color The Conservative Colors of Death Color Use in the Late Early Classic The Late Classic: Naturalism and Its Dissenters The Naturalistic Revolution Color and Dimension Rejections of Polychromy Color Use in the Late Classic The Terminal Classic: Rupture and Reinventions The Postclassic: The Colors of the Gods Early Postclassic: Five Basic Colors Late Postclassic: The International Style The Blue-and-Black Style Color Contrasts Color Use in the Postclassic Using Color Epilogue: A History of Maya Color Appendix: Dyes and Organic Colorants of the Maya and Aztecs Bibliography Index