Art Across Cultures: Americas

Slide list 2

note: Culture = Maya 

Maya Art, 250 BC-AD 1000

Ruler dressed as Chac-Xib-Chac and the Hamul Dancer,

AD 600-800, ceramic

Lintel 24, Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc (in 709), Yaxchilan, AD 725, limestone

Lintel 25, Lady Xoc and the Vision Serpent (in 681), Yaxchilan, AD 725, limestone

Terms:

Bloodletting, lancet, axis mundi

Relief Sculpture

Divine Rulership

Sites in present-day Chiapas:

Yaxchilan, Palenque, and Bonampak