Maya – Page 4 – James A. Doyle, Ph.D.

Design for Eternity Reviewed by CAA

See a review of our exhibition catalogue for “Design for Eternity: Architectural Models from the Ancient Americas, over at CAA Reviews.

ESSAY: Ancient Maya Painted Ceramics

New Timeline Essay published here.

REVIEW: Manufactured Light

I reviewed Manufactured Light: Mirrors in the Mesoamerican Realm for Cambridge Archaeological Journal.

BLOG: The Universe in a Maya Plate

With Stephen Houston I revisited the famed “Cosmic Plate” for Maya Decipherment.

Maya SmartHistory Videos

Check out three new videos about iconic Maya works in The Met’s collection, here.

ARTICLE: Codex-Style Vases at The Met

Now available for download on Publications page.

BLOG: Unrolling Maya Ceramic Canvases

New contribution up on Now at the Met.

Twitter Moment: Giving Thanks

While The Met was closed on Thanksgiving, I celebrated some of my favorite works by indigenous American artists: Giving thanks: Art of the Americas

Final Week: Design for Eternity!

Closing Sept. 18th! If you can’t make it to The Met, all exhibition works are online, and the catalogue is for sale below. http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2015/design-for-eternity

TALK: Community, Royalty, and Artistry in Ancient Mexico

An upcoming lecture at Sewanee on September 26: This presentation will describe the role of artists in ancient Mexico from the earliest known societies to the sumptuous courtly arts of thriving city-states such as those of the Maya and the Aztec. Archaeologists see only traces of most ancient villages that were teeming with life across the landscapeContinue reading “TALK: Community, Royalty, and Artistry in Ancient Mexico”