Over a thousand years ago in the Mesoamerica region the culture that we know as Maya thrived. They had an amazement and intrigued fascination over the technical mastery of their intellectual studies. The Mayan’s history is rich with remarkable human achievements, as well as stories. Some of their most recognizable masterpieces are the Mayan trade network, building Cities, the Mayan number system, and the Mayan calendar.
During the Post-Classic period of Mexico, the Mixtec people accumulated a great amount of wealth, and became highly talented in artistry. The development of these art practices helped reflect on their political organization, religious practices, and social structure. In particular, Tomb 7 at Monte Alban has revealed a multitude of fascinating artifacts and remains from the Mixtec peoples. Tomb 7 at Monte Alban is one of the richest and most famous archaeological discoveries made in the New World (McCafferty and McCafferty: 1994) Along with a central noble figure and a few sacrificed servants, there lay many gold treasures, such as the famous Gold Pectorals, silver artifacts, turquoise mosaics, and fine jewelry (Coe and Koontz: 2013).These Gold Pectorals discovered both show the dedicated time it took to create such an intricate design, and significance it has to its
Thesis/ Main Argument and Article Summary: The authors of this article discuss some of the artifacts found at the tomb and how they are significant to Mayan history and the status of the person who was buried. They explain how the artifacts make the person who was buried had a very high status due to the types of artifacts found in their tomb and even the position they were buried in compared to other artifacts. For example, they write about how “the most significant find from the tomb was located in the area [for the] upper part of
The Maya human progress was a Mesoamerican development created by the Maya people groups in a territory that includes southeastern Mexico, all of Guatemala and Belize, and the western segments of Honduras and El Salvador. The most punctual towns created before 2000 BC. The primary Maya urban areas created around 750 BC, and by 500 BC these urban communities had fantastic structural engineering. Two hundred years after the fact, the Maya were utilizing Hieroglyphic written work, the most progressive script in the pre-Columbian Americas. Just three of their books of history and custom learning are known for sure to remain.
In "The Aztec Main Pyramid: Ritual Architecture at Tenochtitlan," Eduardo Matos Moctezuma explores the Aztec cosmovision and its effect on architecture, specifically Tenochtitlan. The city was the symbolic center of the universe and every construction has an underlying religious connection. In "Mapping the Chinese City: The Image and the Reality," Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt describes the Chinese form of cartography. Particularly, she explores the idea that cartography was seen as an art among elites, leading to disparities with actual city plans. Both civilizations have rigid rules for the construction of their imperial capital that express an ideal of perfection.
Like Maskan-sharip, Copan architecture and layout also reflected their culture’s, social, and political organization. For example, what was so unique of Copan was their carving. Even Though, today much of the carving has been destroyed, enough fine detail remains on the monuments to
Aside from being depicted in Mesoamerican artwork, the concept of death in Mexico also tells the story of the imposition of Catholicism on Mesoamerican civilizations during colonial Mexico. Artwork during this time period illustrates images of death, such as a deceased nun, a masked death, devil and devil dancers, and ancient decorated skulls (Carmichael and Slayer 1992, 36). According to Stanley Brandes, scholars often have a difficult time minimizing the role of the Zapotec natives while simultaneously emphasizing on the European origins of the Day of the Dead holiday. Much of the pre-Columbian antecedents steams from the iconography of ancient civilizations living throughout Mesoamerica. This includes its huge amounts of skulls and skeletons during the modern Day of the Dead rituals as well as the variations of the meaning of the skeletal depictions as it differs from region to region.
B) Maya architecture also incorporates various art forms and hieroglyphic texts. Masonry architecture built by the Maya recommended craft specialization, central organization, and political power. The architecture was a remarkable achievement because they built great pyramids, stone palaces, temples, ball courts and other ritual buildings that require lots of effort to make. In fact, "for the single home of a Copan nobleman, It has been estimated that at least 80 to 130 workers would have been employed full time to finish in two to three months." (Document B)
The magnificent Maya are known for some of the most important human achievements in the history of the world. The Maya were a large group of people that lived in the rainforests of Mesoamerica beginning around 3,000 years ago. In this essay I'll be discussing all of the achievements and what made them remarkable, these will be judged as scale, genius, effort, and significance. The Maya had several remarkable achievements which included their trade network, a number system, calendars, and building cities. All are noteworthy however, the way that the Maya built their cities was the most remarkable of all.
The Orlando Museum of Art, also known as OMA, is a hub of Central Florida when it comes to pulling in remarkable works of art for the public eye to pay patronage to. Today I visited such a place for the annual Antiques Vintage and Garden Show, which took place between February 19th through the 21st. Included in the price of a ticket was also admission to The OMA’s current exhibitions, which included Women of Vision: National Geographic Photographers and their other running exhibits, which contained an array of work, ranging from Pre-Columbian sculptures to more contemporary works of the 21st century. The specific exhibit which held my interest most was the Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican gallery titled “A Trek from North to South”, which was organized by geographic locations in Latin America. Since my girlfriend, Illiana, bought me tickets to the show for a
Mateo Nacu 1/13/22 Title The intricate design and many functions of the ancient Mayan vessels had a significant impact on how the Mayan people lived their everyday lives and practiced their culture, acting as both useful instruments and markers of social position and spiritual power. We can learn more about the intricate and varied culture of the Maya through the analysis of these items.
When we entered into the museum we saw paintings and photography from the 18th, 19th and 20th century events that were arranged in sequence and let the visitors to imagine the life and events from history. The museum was well decorated and huge investment was made in it. The first thing that I spoke was, “wow, this is much cost cubic money.” I always found the museum a worth place to visit as it always has interesting things for me that let me to experience the old culture and way of life in the ancient time. At the first glance, I visited the photo gallery in which I saw the collection from the Egyptian, Roman and Greek culture.
Modern Guatemala culture is very much influenced by their history. Guatemala used to be the core of the Mayan civilization, and as such Guatemala has a very unique culture that is hard to find in other countries. What ended up happening, though, is the Spanish conquered most of the country during the sixteenth century and attempted to make it part of their colony. While their modern history is plagued by uprisings and civil wars, there are still many remnants of the ancient Mayan culture, including the major Mayan city of Tikal. Tikal is the largest excavated site in America and is also one of the largest excavated sites in the world!
As a civilization in the jungle, the Maya are well known for their architecture, art, monumental sculptures, and calendars. The Mayan religious, ritualistic culture is developed and maintained in conjunction of the native people, as well as a communication and ties to the earth and sky. Understanding the Maya people and their religion is similar to understanding the geographical location of the people, and therefore their life source. There is great importance within the items that surrounded them geographically. Products or resources that sustained them as a community, or maintained their health and wellbeing, also created foundations for their religious belief system.
What is the difference between how our world distinguishes beauty and how Christ distinguishes beauty in us? Christ notices beauty in our hearts and our actions toward others. The world sees beauty in the aesthetics of each other. Correspondingly, I will take a glimpse into other culture and the way they view beauty.
