

An edition of De Bonampak al Templo Mayor (1993)
el azul maya en Mesoamérica
By Constantino Reyes-Valerio
Publish Date
1993
Publisher
Siglo Veintiuno Editores,Agro Asemex
Language
spa
Pages
235
Description:
"Study of 'Maya blue' an intense sky-blue pigment used to decorate precolumbian pottery (especially but not exclusively Maya polychromes) and for precolumbian and early colonial period murals. Concludes that the pigment was produced by combining mineral pigments with indigo. Includes many color illustrations of ceramic vessels, figurines, and murals with Maya blue paint"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.