Decoding Astronomy in Maya Art and Architecture
暫譯: 解碼瑪雅藝術與建築中的天文學
Dolan, Marion
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2024-09-02
- 售價: $1,540
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,463
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 312
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 3031610911
- ISBN-13: 9783031610912
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商品描述
The exciting discoveries and newest revelations in the field of archeoastronomy present fascinating examples of the importance of astronomy to the ancient Maya Civilization. Through technological advancements made in the archeoastronomy community, this book will allow you to uncover a time capsule from an ancient past. In a clear and comprehensible manner you will read about art and architecture from various important Maya cities, drawn from diverse time periods and from different geographical areas of Mesoamerica. The topics covered include new findings in wide variety of fields; including the history's of astronomy, science, art, architecture, literature and religion.
You will explore in this book how the motions of the heavens were closely watched and notated by Maya astronomers and how those celestial objects determined the patterns of everyday life, religious rites, community festivals, agriculture, even birth and death!
This book will open your mind to a deeper awareness and an even greater admiration for the Maya ingenuity in preserving their astronomical knowledge and passing it on to assist future generations. These latest findings will broaden our perception of the Maya cultures of the Pre-classic and their development through the Classic period and the remarkable changes that occurred throughout their 3000 years of history.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本書中令人興奮的發現和最新的揭示，展示了天文學對古代瑪雅文明的重要性。透過考古天文學社群所取得的技術進步，這本書將讓你揭開一個來自古代過去的時光膠囊。你將以清晰易懂的方式閱讀來自不同地理區域和多個重要瑪雅城市的藝術和建築，這些資料涵蓋了不同的時期。所涵蓋的主題包括天文學、科學、藝術、建築、文學和宗教等多個領域的新發現。
在這本書中，你將探索瑪雅天文學家如何密切觀察和記錄天體的運動，以及這些天體如何影響日常生活、宗教儀式、社區慶典、農業，甚至生與死的模式！
這本書將讓你對瑪雅人在保存其天文知識和傳承給未來世代方面的智慧有更深刻的認識和更大的敬佩。這些最新的發現將擴展我們對前古典時期瑪雅文化及其在古典時期的發展，以及在其3000年歷史中所發生的顯著變化的認知。
作者簡介
Marion Dolan is an adjunct professor at Florida Atlantic University; she received a BS in History and Philosophy of Science, a MA and PhD in the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh majoring in medieval scientific manuscripts. Her lifelong study of history of art, of astronomy and of archaeology assure a commitment to scientific accuracy in her writing. Her book, Astronomical Knowledge Transmission through Illustrated Aratea Manuscripts, was adapted from her doctoral dissertation. Her second book, Decoding Astronomy in Art and Architecture, focuses on archaeoastronomy and explains the important astronomical information hidden within ancient temples, sacred monuments and artworks around the world, such as Avebury, Borobudur and Angkor Wat. She has also written a novel on the fascinating life of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II on Kindle and writes review for online astronomical journals. Professor Dolan has traveled extensively and visited many of the intriguing ruins that she writes about.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
馬里昂·多蘭（Marion Dolan）是佛羅里達大西洋大學的兼任教授；她在匹茲堡大學獲得了科學史與哲學的學士學位，以及藝術與建築史的碩士和博士學位，專攻中世紀科學手稿。她對藝術史、天文學和考古學的終身研究，確保了她在寫作中對科學準確性的承諾。她的著作《透過插圖的阿拉提亞手稿傳遞的天文知識》（Astronomical Knowledge Transmission through Illustrated Aratea Manuscripts）是根據她的博士論文改編而成。她的第二本書《藝術與建築中的天文解碼》（Decoding Astronomy in Art and Architecture）專注於考古天文學，解釋了隱藏在世界各地古代寺廟、神聖紀念碑和藝術作品中的重要天文信息，例如艾夫伯里（Avebury）、婆羅浮屠（Borobudur）和吳哥窟（Angkor Wat）。她還在Kindle上撰寫了一部關於神聖羅馬皇帝腓特烈二世（Frederick II）迷人生活的小說，並為在線天文期刊撰寫評論。多蘭教授曾廣泛旅行，造訪了許多她所寫的引人入勝的遺跡。
