ARTH232
Mesoamerican
Art I: The World of the Mayas
Required
reading
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Miller, Mary. The Art
of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec. London:
Thames & Hudson, 2006, pp. 130-173
Important
terms
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Timeline of ancient
Mesoamerica:
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Preclassic or Formative
(1500 BC-300 AD)
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Classic (300-900 AD)
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Post-Classic (900-1521
AD)
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Maya ceremonial centers: Palenque (600-900 AD), Tikal (600-900 AD), Copan
(680-750 AD), Bonampak (c. 790-792 AD)
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Pacal I, ruled from
615-683 AD
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Maya hero twins: Xbalanque and
Hunahpu
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Tikal,
600-900 AD (in today Guatemala)
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Reconstruction
of the center
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Temple I
(Temple of Ah Kakaw), 700-800 AD (plan)
ARTstor slide show: Tikal
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Cop‡n,
680-750 AD (in today Honduras)
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Hieroglyphic
staircase (reconstruction)
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Stele H,
depicting Lord Waxaklahun-Ubah-K'awil in the role of the Maize God (drawing)
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Maize
God, sculpture from Temple
22, volcanic tuff
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View of the
ball court, c. 700 AD (QuickTime
view)
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Ballplayers,
Jaina Island, Mexico, 600-800 AD
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Ball court marker,
La Esperanza, Mexico, 591 AD, limestone
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Cylinder vessel
with ballgame scene, unknown, 700-850 AD, ceramic (full scene)
ARTstor slide show: Cop‡n
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Palenque,
600-900 AD (in today Chiapas State, Mexico)
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Temple
of the inscriptions, 200-900 AD
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Portrait
head of Pacal I, 600-700 AD, stucco with remains of red paint
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Lid
of Pacal IÕs sarcophagus (drawing)
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Plate with Maize
God, unknown provenance, 600-800 AD, ceramic
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Censer stand with
human face, 700-800 AD, ceramic
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Palace,
600-900 AD
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Oval
Palace Tablet, House E, c. 615-683 AD
ARTstor slide show: Palenque
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Bonampak,
c. 790-792 AD (in today Chiapas State, Mexico)
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Mural paintings,
c. 790 AD
ARTstor slide show: Bonampak
Additional resources
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Interactive map of
ancient Mesoamerica
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Videotape Maya the
blood of kings. Alexandria,
VA: Time-Life Video and Television, 1995 (Media Library VHS 5504)
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QuickTime movie: Tour Copan with David
Stuart
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Website of the exhibit: Courtly Art of
the Ancient Maya at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, April
4-July 27, 2004
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Website of the exhibit: Lords of Creation. The Origins of Sacred
Maya Kingship at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (traveling to the
Metropolitan Museum of New York June 11-Sept 10, 2006)
