Mayan Art Megathread

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More Maya-carved panels. First three all classic period.

Panel 1 from Pomona:



Panel 1 from La Corona:



Panel 19 from Dos Pilas:



And Stela 19, preclassic carving from Kaminaljuyu:

 

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From Palenque Temple 21, the Tablet of Sacrifices

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Carving from Tabasco:

 

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Statues from El Peru:

 

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Piece of the Grolier Codex, the fourth Mayan codex to be confirmed still to exist.

 

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Piece of the Grolier Codex, the fourth Mayan codex to be confirmed still to exist.

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Imagine being a Maya player. Those waited longer for their Codices than Dark Eldar.

 

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Imagine being a Maya player. Those waited longer for their Codices than Dark Eldar.

 

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So I thought this one was interesting.

There is a really old church in Mexico, St. Michael, which was built after the arrival of the Spanish. They commissioned (or possibly pressed into service) local painters to create the murals of the church, which were all painted in the local style:



Biblical drawinings but with super-heavy Mexican influence. Neat stuff.

 

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So I thought this one was interesting.

There is a really old church in Mexico, St. Michael, which was built after the arrival of the Spanish. They commissioned (or possibly pressed into service) local painters to create the murals of the church, which were all painted in the local style:

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Biblical drawinings but with super-heavy Mexican influence. Neat stuff.

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Always interesting when things like that happen.

I remember being very intrigued when I first saw artworks of Alexander the Great created in Persia, because they depicted him in typical Persian fashion, while there are Greek artworks of similar age that depict him in their style.

 

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Artwork of Martin Deschambault. Mayan ruins, Black Flag

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Mayan vases

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Pretty crazy blood sacrifice ritual going on in this one, plus baby jaguar that I have definitely posted before. Never saw the fountain of blood magic though.

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A couple more vase rollouts.


Fireflys:

 

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Not sure where this one is from... I think Bonampak. Pretty awesome stela.




This one I do have labelled as being from Bonampak. It does look a lot like some Yaxchilan lintels, lots of similarities.

 

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Carvings from Copan



Detail of side of stela:



Copan Hieroglyphic staircase:

 

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Copan glyphs and skull:



Ek Balam snake entrance:

 

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Mouth Arch:



Carving from Balamku:

 

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Mayan Theater, Los Angeles.





Never been there, need to check it out sometime.





Definitely see a lot of real-world inspiration here from sites like Uxmal!

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