Maya Color [antikvár]

INTRODUCTION through the door of color Color—and the symbolic ways that the Maya of Mexico and Central America use painted color on their homes, places of worship, and dwellings for their dead—has been my obsession for the past eight years. What began with simple curiosity—Why are so many Maya tombs painted jade green?—evolved into a long and intricate journey undertaken with my wife, Sally. Together we explored ancient Maya color traditions and their fruit, the painted villages of today's living Maya. As we scratched beneath the surface of their paint, Maya voices carried us forward in our search. "My house is blue, the color of water and the heavens. Without these the world would