George A. Kubler and the shape of art history

Abstract

"This book offers an intellectual biography of George Kubler (1912-96), the foundational scholar and historian of ancient American art and archaeology and Spanish and Portuguese architecture"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Early Years and Formation -- Early Years in the Americas -- Works of Synthesis -- A Theoretical Turn -- Form and Meaning -- Architectural Studies in Europe -- Iconographical Studies in Central Mexico -- Maya Iconography and Writing.