About 300 works of art on exhibit Maya Maya. The language of beauty, to be shown at the Martin Gropius Bau museum until August 7.
The exhibition was inaugurated yesterday by the presidents of Germany, Joachim Gauck, and Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, and marked the beginning of the Year Dual Mexico-Germany.
parts stand out in late classic period (600 to 900 AD) shows. This is the period of the “splendor of the Mayan culture,” said curator Karina Romero.
Among the works costumes found at the bottom of the Sacred Cenote, where sacrifices were made humans-are. also busts, masks, small figures and jewelry that reflect the beauty ideal of a culture that used the body as a canvas, arranged in the hair and skin, trim the teeth, scars or tattoos included.
the exhibition also includes writing samples of the Maya. Presents the daily life of this civilization. Its relationship with the gods, literature, astronomy, music and dance
Karina Romero said the exhibition highlights the multiplicity of forms and visual languages that the Maya themselves used . The scars on the face and sharpening teeth are some of the traditions of body ornamentation on display.
“I really striking how many aesthetic proposals Maya refer to as contemporary uses such as body painting and the piercing, “said the curator.
the exhibition addresses the importance of clothing to indicate social status and includes jewelry like necklaces and rings of jade and chrysoprase. Vasijas as monkeys, birds, frogs and other creatures illustrate the importance of animals and the characteristics attributed to them in the Mayan culture. The pieces also reveal the variety of deities who had
Much of the exhibition is the late classic period. “We are also talking about the splendor of the Mayan culture and that is when they make the most spectacular pieces” Romero said. The exhibition will be open until August 7.
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