Mayan Art Megathread

[Warden]

Very nice moody artwork:



…was labelled "BIXX A BEEL MAALOB KIIN" but aside from the "Ki'in" which means "sun," not sure about the rest. Awesome carving though.

 

[Warden]

Super interesting youtube video, from the Penn Museum. Great Beasts of Legend: Monsters of the Mayan Cosmos, lecture by Simon Martin.

 

[Warden]

Second video, also from Penn Museum. Great Myths and Legends: Hero Twins of the Americas. Megan Kassabaum and Simon Martin.

 

[Warden]

Maya Dynasty and Kingship in the Temple of the Night Sun, video talks a lot about the city of El Zotz right next to the larger, well known city of Tikal. Also talks a lot about the looting that has happened to so many ancient Mayan sites. Prof Stephen Houston.

 

[Warden]

Oh dang!

Found another AMAZING video. This one is a lecture by William Saturno, the guy who has a crazy adventure at the start of this video.

This is the guy who found this:

Spoiler: San Bartolo

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Murals at San Bartolo!!!! Wow!

 

[Warden]

A Tale of Two City States. Lecture by Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle, archaeologist of Copan.

Spoiler: Spoiler

Copan is dramatically defeated by their smaller rival, Quirigua.

 

[Warden]

Some Mayan/Aztec astrology stuff:

Mayan:

Spoiler

Aztec:

Spoiler

 

[Warden]

Some more info on the Aztec astrological signs.

Spoiler: aztec astrological signs

 

[Warden]

Some artwork/fanart:

Incan Lord above Macchu Picchu:

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A mysterious quipu:

 

[Aginor]

Today I booted my work PC and the background of the log-in screen was Chichen Itza, a picture from this perspective, just without people:

 

[Warden]

Centipede (top) and Feathered Snake (bottom) from Cacaxtla murals

 

[Warden]

Sketches from Palenque



Tablet of the Scribe:



Panel from Temple XVII:

 

[Warden]

Some more sketches:



Yaxchilan Lintel 37, lots of glyphs:



Queen from El Peru, saw this one in the Cleveland Art Museum:

 

[Warden]

Found this artwork, from "tello obelisk," I believe from South America. Not Mayan, but very interesting style (and a huge amount of symbollism and detail).

 

[Warden]

A little bit more Inca, some Machu Picchu pics:

 

[Warden]

Nice piece of artwork.

 

[Warden]

Nice piece of artwork.

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A few more cool Castelobruxo pieces of art that are too good to pass up. All by Johanna Rupprecht.

Spoiler: wizarding school

Interesting glyphs on the back left wall

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Also, link to my Castelobuxo lore ideas thread.

 

[Warden]

Some artwork from the Dreamworks movie El Dorado.







And a map:

 

[Warden]

A few more pictures from the El Dorado movie:

Spoiler: El Dorado

 

[Warden]

Nice artwork for a Mayan-looking temple: