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Images of Mesoamerican Elites and Deities in Reproduction: Researched by Whitney Mosley

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

The indigenous cultures of ancient Mesoamerica created a variety of highly sophisticated sculptures in different styles and materials, both as reliefs and as sculptures in-the-round. Many of these sculptures represent their religious beliefs, embodying the Mesoamerican pantheon of gods, while others depict the elite members of the nobility.  Later Mestizo (mixed Hispanic and … [Read more...] about Images of Mesoamerican Elites and Deities in Reproduction: Researched by Whitney Mosley

Filed Under: 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: 20th century, classic period, early 21st century, formative period, funerary urn, hun hunahpu, ix chel, maya culture, maya maize god, maya mestizo cultures, maya sculpture, mezcala mestizo cultures, mezcala preclassic, mezcala standing figure, palenque sculptural relief, zapotec, zapotec culture, zapotec funerary urn, zapotec mestizo cultures

Mesoamerican Sculptures in Reproduction: Researched by Jordan Seyer

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

Cultures throughout Mesoamerica produced ceramic figurines from the earliest periods through the time of contact with Europeans.  These figurines depicted people of all levels of status, from common people to rulers, and the figurines also depicted deities.  The study of ceramic figurines also illustrates how depictions of deities changed and developed through time.  The … [Read more...] about Mesoamerican Sculptures in Reproduction: Researched by Jordan Seyer

Filed Under: 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: 20th century art, central mexican cultures, classic period, kulkulcan, maya culture, maya mestizo cultures, mexican mestizo cultures, olmec cultures, pitao cozobi, preclassic/formative period, quetzalcoatl, reproductions, teotihuacan, zapotec culture

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  • 2017 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2017 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica
  • 2018 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas
  • 2019 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica

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