Art and Society in a Highland Maya Community: The Altarpiece of Santiago Atitlán

CONTENTS

List of Figures IX Preface XIII Acknowledgments XVII One Introduction 1 Two The Altarpiece in the Context of Tz’utujil History 22 Three The Sixteenth-Century Church and Its Altarpieces 49 Four The Central Altarpiece and Tz’utujil Cosmology 71 Five The Iconic Motifs of the Central Altarpiece 102 Six The Basal Narrative Panels of the Central Altarpiece 143 Seven Conclusion 212 Bibliography 215 Index 231 CONTENTS ...