"Continuing in the tradition of the Maya Archaeology series from Precolumbia Mesoweb Press, this volume offers chapters by leading authorities on discoveries and research in the field of Maya archaeology. Topics include a royal tomb at Palenque, an early Maya ceremonial center at Ceibal, a hieroglyphic stairway at El Palmar recording a pilgrimage to distant Copan, and breakthrough insights into Maya divinity. The volume is accompanied by ..."
"Is 21st-century Rome a global city? Is it part of Europe's core or periphery? This volume examines the "real city" beyond Rome's historical center, exploring the diversity and challenges of life in neighborhoods affected by immigration, neoliberalism, formal urban planning, and grassroots social movements. The contributors engage with themes of contemporary urban studies–the global city, the self-made city, alternative modernities, capi ..."
""Strange Meetings" is the first monograph on UK abstractionist Clare Woods (born 1972), internationally regarded as one of the most significant painters working today. Her paintings and works on paper are found in important public and private collections around the world, and she has produced many high-profile public commissions in the UK and Europe. Her highly coloristic paintings hover somewhere between abstraction and representation, ..."
" The articles in this book conceptualize the ancient New World through new and varied approaches, from iconography to the history of anthropology. The many essays in this volume explore the vast vista of the Pre-Columbian world, including representations of history, memory, and knowledge in Andean visual imagery and Pre-Columbian narrative, the ideology of rain making, and Maya beliefs about animal transformations. "
"Conrad and Stone, two world-weary freedom fighters, find themselves trapped in an underground garaged fighting for their lives in a game of "Subterano," a role-playing game that has become reality. Along with Conrad and Stone, nine other unfortunate victims are forced to fight for their lives against the whims of Ektoman, the God-like Gamemaster who calls the shots, which include, among other things, a deadly array of remote-control car ..."
"New insights from the Tikal excavations and epigraphic breakthroughs suggest that a thriving marketplace existed in the center of the city, that foreigners comprised a significant element of its populace, and that differences in tomb form and contents signal the changing fortunes of Tikal's rulers. Essay topics include the timing of the foundation of the Tikal dynasty, the earliest experiments in socio-political complexity, the 6th-7th ..."
"A celebration of the life and work of the artist John Craxton, a rebellious figure in British art history Spanning a rich variety of works from the 1940s to the 2000s, this book celebrates the life and work of the British artist John ..."
Sussex Landscape Chalk, Wood and Water (Paperback) by SimonMartin Paperback, Published 2023 by Pallant House Gallery Trust, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-869827-73-1, ISBN: 1-869827-73-2
"Following in the footsteps of these artists, this book tells a fascinating story of an area that continues to inspire."
Kaye Donachie Song for the Last Act by SimonMartin, Kaye Donachie Published 2023 by Pallant House Gallery ISBN-13: 978-1-869827-72-4, ISBN: 1-869827-72-4
"Contemporary British artist Kaye Donachie (b.1970) is best known for her figurative, dream-like portraits of women."
"The book also includes an introduction to the life of Gilbert White by Sir David Attenborough, an essay by Virginia Woolf, poems by modern and contemporary poets, and a jacket design by Mark Hearld. Distributed for Pallant House Gallery"
"The majority of works featured in the exhibition were drawn from the Golder - Thompson Gift, the result of a unique twenty-year partnership between Pallant House Gallery and collectors Mark Golder and Brian Thompson."
Mark Hearld's Work Book (Hardback) by SimonMartin Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2022 by Merrell Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-85894-709-9, ISBN: 1-85894-709-X
"This is the new compact hardcover edition of Mark Hearld's Work Book, the first collection of the artist's beguiling art."
Glyn Philpot Flesh and Spirit (Hardback) by SimonMartin Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2022 by Pallant House Gallery Trust ISBN-13: 978-1-869827-76-2, ISBN: 1-869827-76-7
"It also considers Philpot's work in the light of recent queer theory and writing on race, discussing Philpot's impact on queer writers and artists, including more recent works by Isaac Julien--in particular his film 'Looking for Langston'- ..."
Ancient Maya Politics A Political Anthropology of the Classic Period, 150-900 CE by SimonMartin Paperback, Published 2022 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-108-70523-3, ISBN: 1-108-70523-5
Ancient Maya Politics A Political Anthropology of the Classic Period 150–900 CE by SimonMartin Published 2020 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-108-62347-6, ISBN: 1-108-62347-6
"——2000 Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties
of the Ancient Maya. ... Martin, Simon, Stephen Houston, and Marc Zender 2015
Sculptors and Subjects: Notes on the Incised Text of Calakmul Stela 51. ... In XXX
Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, Tomo II, edited by ..."
Ancient Maya Politics A Political Anthropology of the Classic Period 150-900 CE by SimonMartin Hardcover, 536 Pages, Published 2020 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-108-48388-9, ISBN: 1-108-48388-7
"The Classic Maya have long presented scholars with vexing problems. One of the longest running and most contested of these, and the source of deeply polarized interpretations, has been their political organization. Using recently deciphered inscriptions and fresh archaeological finds, Simon Martin argues that this particular debate can be laid to rest. He offers a comprehensive re-analysis of the issue in an effort to answer a simple qu ..."
"Celebrating the centenary of the birth of John Minton (1917-1957), this is the first fully illustrated monograph of the much-admired British artist. Accompanying a major exhibition at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, it draws together an impressive collection of paintings, drawings, book illustration, theatre designs, posters and lithographs from private and public collections across Britain and abroad. The book republished some of ..."