Wednesday, April 25, 2018
12:00 PM (ET)
Tang Museum - Payne Room
Event Type
Lecture
Department
Special Programs
Link
http://ems.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=21568
In 2001, ancient Maya murals were discovered at a previously unknown site in a remote tropical jungle of Guatemala. The San Bartolo murals (c. 100 BCE) are among the most important Maya artifacts ever found. The beauty and age of the ancient painting that emerged from beneath meters of rock and construction fill surprised scholars and re-wrote what we know of Maya kings, artists, and scribes. The murals visually narrate the creation of the world, depicting a painted landscape of zoomorphic serpents and anthropomorphic caves. However, the in situ murals buried within the pyramid are only part of the story: the site once contained many more paintings, but these artworks were intentionally broken into fragments and concealed by the Maya. At the culmination of fifteen years of fieldwork, laboratory analysis and art conservation, 7000 Fragments presents a life-size model of the mural chamber and new findings from the reassembled fragments.
7000 Fragments: Maya Murals from San Bartolo, Guatemala is organized by Associate Professor of Anthropology and Skidmore Scholar in Residence Heather Hurst, and is supported by The Center for Leadership, Teaching, and Learning, The Office of the Dean of Special Programs, and the Tang.