Mayan Art Megathread

[Warden]

Great pictures from the museum in Mexico City (link --> lots of great pictures here).
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Mock up of one of the big carving murals from Palenque:



Cool art out in the garden:

Spoiler: more pics

King Pakal's tomb- replica I am pretty sure, from Palenque!




Shells with Mayan numerals/glyphs:

 

[Warden]

Pics from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Guatemala... I need to visit both sometime!



Layout of Tikal:





Copy of the Dresden Codex:



Bench from Piedras Negras:



Crazy mural in the back of a tomb mockup:

Spoiler: More pics

Stela 14: Piedras Negras



Another picture of the Mayan altar from La Corona featured in the "game of thrones" article:

 

[Warden]

They mix up Maya, Inca, and Aztec influences a bit, but they actually have a decent explanation for it in the story so that's OK I guess.

Here are some pics I took today:
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Really beautiful! I like the green-painted Mayan chac masks.

 

[Aginor]

Really beautiful! I like the green-painted Mayan chac masks.

Me too.
Of course it is a work of fiction, not a historical document, but (without spoiling the story):
During the game the player gets to see pieces of Mayincaztec art and architecture in a way less damaged state than most of the relics and ruins we find in real life.
We know that a lot of that was colorfully painted and highly skillfully crafted when it was new (there has been a lot of erosion on the things we find hundreds of years later, usually rounding many edges, destroying small details, and removing almost all paint), and the game does a great job of giving an impression of how awesome some of it probably looked when it was still taken care of.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

 

[Aginor]

Some more Shadow of the Tomb Raider screenshots:

 

[Aginor]

And a few more:

 

[Warden]

Awesome pics!

Looks like a zapotec carving, with lots of great stuff in the background too!

Very pretty looking Mayan altar/carving/calendar piece!

 

[Warden]

Cool looking tomb within a cave, not sure if you went to this one yet @Aginor ? Curious to see more of that awesome looking entrance.



It reminds me of the earth monster at Balamku!

 

[Aginor]

Cool looking tomb within a cave, not sure if you went to this one yet @Aginor ? Curious to see more of that awesome looking entrance.

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It reminds me of the earth monster at Balamku!

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Hmmm not quite sure. Doesn't look familiar right now.

 

[Warden]

Random find...

"Kings of the Sun," 1964. Hollywoodized... Mayans? Aztecs? It looks like Mayans... but no actual native actors of course due to the time period.





Them hats though... the costume designer must have had a field day.





Yul Bryner is in it!

Spoiler: Kings of the Sun

 

[Warden]

Beautiful round altar from Tonina:

 

[Warden]

Cool Lizardmen concept art!

Spoiler

 

[Warden]

"Temples of Terror" paper terrain set. May in fact be modular.

I would rather just make it out of foam myself, but cool idea.

 

[Warden]

Vase, when I found it was titled "Agents of Xibalba":

 

[Warden]

"Mayan Hidden Worlds" Exhibit, looks like it was traveling around the country a few years ago. Never saw it sadly

Spoiler: more pics

 

[Warden]

Was thinking of getting this model:

Spoiler

The miniatures are from Outpost Wargames and their Mayan Miniatures range.

And I think recognized where the altar's inspiration came from!



Beautiful work

 

[Warden]

Very large Bonampak Murals Panorama!

 

[Warden]

Was thinking of getting this model:


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The miniatures are from Outpost Wargames and their Mayan Miniatures range.

And I think recognized where the altar's inspiration came from!

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Beautiful work

A little bit of inspirational artwork to go along with this Mayan sacrifice diorama:



Probably what the sculptor used to make the model!

 

[Warden]

Lion Kanzan, a "consul" over at Wildfiregames has a TON of great stuff on these two threads:

• Design Guide to Mesoamerican Mod
• Mayan Classic City States

The first one especially has a ton of great information across several pages worth of content. And pictures!