Piedras del cielo, civilizaciones del jade.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico), issuing body.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Jade carving, Prehistoric--Mexico.

Jade carving, Prehistoric.

Jade carving, Prehistoric--China.

China.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

231 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Edition:

Primera edición.

Place of Publication:

México, D.F. : Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, 2012.

Summary:

For almost 8 thousand years in China and more than 3 thousand years in Mexico, jade has been considered a precocious stone representative of the cosmology and power in both cultures and a key material in the understanding of ancient cultures in China and Mesoamerica. The green stone known as "chalchihuitl" in Nahuatl, "ya'ax chich hun" in Maya, and "yu" in Chinese means "precious stone" and was a treasured symbol of prestige and wealth for its owners as well as a guide in the afterlife. The exhibition "Stones of the sky, jade civilizations" commemorates the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Popular Republic of China, presenting 220 antique jade pieces from both countries that represent the similarities and differences in the use of jade and other green stones in these two great civilizations. The exhibitions curated by Dr. Diana Magaloni Kerpel, Director of the MNA; Dr. Walburga Wiesheu, from the ENAH and Dr. Xu Lin, researcher of the Palace Museum in Beijing was organized in five thematic areas: 1) The features of jade and techniques for their work, 2) The rituals of jade, 3) Work and aesthetics, 4) The symbols of power and 5) The transit to the "other world"

Contents:

Presentaciones / Alfonso de Maria y Campos Castelló, Director General, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia; Shan Jixiang, Director, Museo del Palacio Imperial de Beijing

Antiguos tesoros del jade en China y Mesoamérica / Walburga Wiesheu Forster

El jade, materia luz y color en el arte mesoamericano / Diana Magaloni Kerpel

El jade olmeca en Mesoamérica / Olaf Jaime Riverón

Jade maya: piedra de dioses y reinos antiguos / Karl Taube

Chalchihuitles y piedras verdes entre los mexicas / Emiliano Ricardo Melgar Tisoc

El trabajo del jade en la China antigua y su comparación preliminar con el de Mesoamérica / Xu Lin

Evolución de los motivos ornamentales en los objetos de jade / Yang Jie

La evolución de las funciones del jade en la China antigua / Xu Xiaodong

Láminas

Tecnología

Ritual

Herramientas

Utilitarios

Ornamentos

Funerarios.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-229).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9786074842937

6074842930

OCLC:

807711671