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- Website: https://kimbellart.org/exhibition/lives-gods-divinity-maya-art
- Line/Box Office Phone: 817/332-8451
Description
In an exhibition of some 120 rarely seen masterpieces and recent discoveries, Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art will depict episodes in the life cycle of the gods, from the moment of their birth to resplendent transformations as blossoming flowers or fearsome creatures of the night.
Created by masters of the Classic period (A.D. 250–900) in the spectacular royal cities in the tropical forests of what is now Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, these landmark works evoke a world in which the divine, human and natural realms are interrelated and intertwined. Lenders include major museum collections in Europe, Latin America and the United States.
Pictured:
Sak[...] Yuk[...] Took’ and Sak [...] Yib'ah Tzak B’ahlam (Maya, active 8th century). Stela 51. Calakmul, Mexico, 731. Limestone, Overall w/ concrete base: H. 11 ft. 7 in. × W. 64 9/16 in. × D. 31 7/8 in. (353 cm x 164 cm x 81 cm). Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, Secretaría de Cultura– Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (10-80365; Public Registry 1AMA00361848)
Whistle with the Maize God emerging from a flower. Mexico, Late Classic period (600–900). Ceramic, pigment, H. 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979. (1979.206.728)
Monument 155 (Captive impersonating jaguar deity). Red Altar, Tonina, Chiapas, Mexico, ca. 700. Sandstone, H. 22 7/16 x W. 18 1/8 x D. 4 5/16 in. (57 x 46 x 11 cm). Museo de Sitio de Toniná, Mexico, Secretaría de Cultura– Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (10- 588895; Public Registry 1AMA00366979)
Codex-style vessel showing the rebirth of the Maize God. Structure II, Tomb 1, Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico, 650–800. Ceramic, pigment, H. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm). Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, SECRETARÍA DE CULTURA.-INAH.-MEX.-
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