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Ancient Maya art comprises the visual arts of the Maya civilization, an eastern and south-eastern Mesoamerican culture made up of a great number of small kingdoms in what is now Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras. Many regional artistic traditions existed side by side, usually coinciding with the changing boundaries of Maya polities.
This category contains articles relating to aspects of artistic and aesthetic expression documented for the historical Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. "Art" is inclusive of visual arts, decorative motifs and associated iconographies, that may be applied in any medium (sculpture, stonework, murals, textiles, etc) as well as performance arts such as music and dance.
While the vast majority of Maya art and works illustrate political or religious themes highlighting the image of god or rulers, the Chiik Naab murals are entirely social scenes, a subject that is rarely represented, showing the image of a Maya market which has contributed to understanding the cultural traditions and daily lifestyle of the pre ...
Maya art has many regional styles, and is unique in the ancient Americas in bearing narrative text. [181] The finest surviving Maya art dates to the Late Classic period. [182] The Maya exhibited a preference for the colour green or blue-green, and used the same word for the colours blue and green.
Maya architecture can be identified, depending on the region and the corresponding period, into different styles. The regional architectural styles have unique characteristics, features and elements that show diverse social and political aspects of the different regions and history periods of the Maya civilization.
The standard form of the Maya stela incorporating art, calendrical dates and hieroglyphic text onto a royal monument only began to be erected in the Maya lowlands after 250 AD. [94] The late 4th century saw the introduction of non-Maya imagery linked to the giant metropolis of Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico . [ 13 ]
Valeriana is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche in the tropical rainforest jungle near its eastern border with the state of Quintana Roo. [1] Its discovery was announced in October 2024, and the site was named after an adjacent lake.
The Mask of Pakal is a funerary jade mask found in the tomb of the Mayan king, K’inich Janaab’ Pakal inside the Temple of the Inscriptions at the Maya city of Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico. Considered a master piece of Mesoamerican and Maya art , the mask is made with over 346 green jade stone fragments, the eyes are made with shell, nacre ...