Maya late formative and Early classic
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Who were the Maya?
a select, Indigenous loose collectivity of city states that share customs, beliefs,iconography, language and genetic ancestry
Important places the Maya were at?
Chiapas and Guatemala
Was the Maya ever unified?
No, but they made alliances to destroy smaller Mayan cities
What are the Mayan admired for?
their technological sophistication with regard to architecture, their knowledge of astronomy, and their refinement of the Calendrical system, as well as the detailed and baroque (highly ornate) art they left behind
What was Mayan art for?
dedicated to recording historical events and the personal histories of their rulers
What is the subject?
The World Tree
When was it made?
Late Formative
Where was it made?
Izapa, Chiapas, Mexico
What did The World Tree represent?
it’s a site of human emergence is a concept that first appears in Late Formative Mayan iconography
Where was this found?
Nakebe, Guatemala
When was it made?
Late Formative
Who made it?
Maya
Who is the subject?
The hero twins, Xbalanque and Hunahpu
What is it?
The Maize God of the hero twins
When was it made?
Late formative
Who made it?
Maya
Where was it found?
Copan, Honduras
Why did the Mayan admire the Maize God’s youth?
thought to be a model for humanity to attain
When was it made?
Late formative
What was the story behind this?
Xbalanque and Hunahpu travel to the Underworld and challenge the Lords to a ballgame in order to bring their father back to life and they succeeded. The Twins defeat the Lords at the ballgame, and
the Maize God is reanimated as Maize for human sustenance
Where was it found?
Uaxactuan, Gutamala
What are the things on the railings?
stucco masks usually display faces with jaguar elements and solar attributes
Who made it?
Maya
Where was it found?
Cerros, Belize
When was it made?
Late formative
What are the things on the railings?
stucco feline masks with Solar attributes
Where can the earliest existing examples of late formative mural paintings be found?
Pyramid of paintings in San Bartolo, Guatemala
How was structure one protected?
buried intentionally within a later building
Who discovered the Drawing Pyramid of paintings?
William Saturno
When was it made?
100BCE
Where was it found?
Structure 1 sub-1 chamber, San Bartolo, Guatemala
When was it made?
Late formative
What are they doing?
One activity portrays ritual blood auto-sacrifice from the penis. Another portrays an instance of baby jaguar sacrifice
Where was this painting found?
Structure 1 sub-1 chamber, SanBartolo, Guatemala
When was it made?
Late formative
What are they doing?
depicts four Lords in supernatural guise—three of whom are offering up their blood through penile auto-sacrifice. Deer, flowers, turkey and fish are also being sacrificially offered up. There are also two of five world trees depicted, the principal bird deity manifested in the form of the four directions and the Maize God.
Who made it?
Maya
Where was it found?
Structure 1 sub-1 chamber, San Bartolo, Guatemala
Where was this found?
North** wall polychrome stucco mural, Structure 1 sub-1 chamber, San Bartolo, Guatemala
Who is every person left to right?
Split flowering gourd, Axe-bearing figure, Maize goddess, Turbaned assistant holding a flowering ground, Maize god, Two Maize goddess, Noble virgin sacrifice, Two turbanned assistants carrying blood offerings, and Queztzalcoalt, the feathered serpent
What’s happening with A?
A flowering gourd is split in two, from which emerges five babies in separate scrolls of blood
What do they look like?
All still have their umbilical cord, and the central infant wears a headdress and belt
What do the babies represent?
The babies form a “quincunx”—a central axis that links together the heavens,earth and Underworld
What did figure B do to the ground?
Appearing to have just split the gourd open to allow the babies to be born
What is the Maize god holding?
Tamales
Why is he red and has olmec features?
indicate antiquity, indicating that he was firmly entrenched within the Meso-American belief system
What do the Two Maize goddess and turbaned male painted with red and black relate to the Maize god?
The Maize God is attended here by three wives
What is the male (D) offering to Maize god (E)?
He holds up a flowering gourd
What does the kneeling goddess offer, also what is that thing above her?
A vessel of tamales and the jaguar above her breathes red streams of blood
What does the shell represent on the maiden to the far left?
A symbol of noble women and virginity
What does her closed eyes symbolize?
she may have already been sacrificed or is meant for sacrifice
What does her rendered toes mean?
she clearly stands out from the rest, it is implied that she is of great importance
What are the two males offering?
black hoist additional offerings, both with blood scrolls, over their heads
What way is it’s body arranged?
Its body is arranged West to East, the reverse direction the sun takes as it rises and sets.
What’s in it’s mouth?
Blood scrolls
What do the footsteps symbolize?
a symbol of travel, lineage and directionality
What might the ground be a metaphor for?
may be a metaphor for the bloodied virgin in the center
of the action, with the swollen shape of the gourd and the woman’s womb both representing a place of birth and regeneration
Who made it?
Maya
When was it made?
Late formative
Where was it found?
Izapa, Chiapas, Mexico
What is happening on this image?
This depiction shows him standing in water and fishing with a net and a creel (fishing basket) on his back
What is the subject?
Chaak is shown with a reptilian snout,a zoomorphic feature that connects him with water
What do the borders represent?
Mark the worlds of heaven and earth
Most represented animals in Mayan culture? Why?
reptiles, birds, and felines because of their ability to transcend different levels of the world
What was the shape of?
a boulder carving in the shape of a frog or toad.
What do the frogs represent?
is associated with many supernatural things: It appears to regenerate from Mud, ith its ability to live on land and in water, it is also a transitional creature capable of crossing worlds
What does the frog represent in this picture?
the frog or toad, here representing earth combined with Chaak on Stele 1—representing the heavens
Who made it?
Maya
When was it made?
Late Formative
Where was it found?
Kaminalijuyu, Guatemala
What is that thing above him?
He has an ancestor keeping watch over him in the sky
What is he wearing?
dressed as the principal Mayan bird deity, shown holding a ceremonial axe or knife
When was it made?
Late formative
Who made it?
Maya
Where was it found?
Kaminalijyu, Guatemala
What does it represent?
A sequence of three enthroned lords receiving tied and bound captives
What did scholars believe about it?
It served part of a throne itself
When was it made?
Late formative
Where was it made?
Takalik Abaj, Guatemala
What is the subject?
two figures flanking a central column of text with a date that falls sometime before 41CE
Who were most likely the two figures?
The two figures below on either side of the column of text were likely historical figures
When was it made?
Late formative
Where was it made?
Takalik Abaj, Guatemala
Who made it?
Maya
What was the date?
126 CE
How did the Mayan depict lords?
With a frontal torso and profile legs and face
Which period signifies a point of time of early Maya emergence during which cities began developing their own styles of art and architecture which later became the archetype of traditional Maya style
Late Formative
During which period did the Maya began using glyphs and the Long Count extensively?
Late Formative
The Maya were already in decline by the time of Spanish contact
True
Which era did the Maya begin to achieve their greatest success and their far flung influence?
250CE
Which two cities did the Teotihuacan invade because of their massive growth and influence
Tikal and Uaxactun
What were Sacbees?
Elevated stucconed white roads that crossed the swamps
What was the resultant skyline?
a series of towering structures broken up by large, open spaces
What concept would the seasons of heavy rain would invoke?
The concept of Altepetl or “Water Mountain” emerging from the seas of primordial origins
Where was this found?
Copan, Honduras
Who made it?
Maya
What is it called?
“Margarita” Pyramid
When was it made?
Early Classic
Why is it called Margarita?
demonstrates the complexity of Mayan cultural identity and architectural achievement
When was Margita found?
1989 by Ricardo Agurcia