#mesoamerica

[tlatollotl]

✨ NEW EPISODE ✨

049. Writing Maya Glyphs with Artist Julia Kausch

In this interview, we interview Mayanist and artist Julia Kausch. Julia shares her process for creating detailed replicas of Maya glyphs and art, as well as some insights into her research on ceramic vessel workshops and artist identification. You can follow Julia's work on Instagram at @julias_inkpot

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[shi-gu]

Doodles

Capri and Donají won't really ever meet, as they're 500 years apart in time. I also think that Donají would be puzzled at why people like to eat ice. She is a big fan of ultra spicy food.

By the way, there's already a full illustration available you-know-where. It'll be posted in a couple weeks publicly, but if you want to see that, and other works earlier, you know where to go.

[ancientorigins]

Step back in time and discover one of Mesoamerica's oldest and most fascinating games – Patolli! Once a cornerstone of Mesoamerican cultures like the Aztec and Maya, this game of strategy and chance reflects deep cosmological beliefs and social values.

[dyke-delphinia]

3D Reconstruction of Tenochtitlán by Thomas Kole

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Eccentric Flint in the Form of a Scorpion.

Place of origin: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, or Mexico (Mesoamerica)

Culture: Maya

Date: A.D. 600–900

Medium: Stone, Chert

[nobrashfestivity]

Unknown, Dog with human mask

Late Formative period, c. 100 B.C.-A.D. 200, Ceramic

[jstor]

Happy Monday! Here are three Aztec stone snakes for you. The greenish one (13th-16th century) is from the Cleveland Museum of Art and the other two (15th-early 16th century) are from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, two open access collections on JSTOR.

[justsomeectoplasm]

MAN

[memories-of-ancients]

Turquoise mosaic pectoral, Mixtec or Mexica (Aztec), circa 1400-1521

from The British Museum

[redclaysoil]

plaque with figures, silver, 13th-15th century colima culture (mexico), courtesy of the met

[legendarytragedynacho]

Quetzalcóatl, god creator of man, the Lord of Dawn and the Rain Cloud Serpent. Mesoamerican Cultures

[tlatollotl]

Técnica: Modelado

Provenience unknown, possibly looted

MNA

[shi-gu]

A collection of gentlemen with dubious pretensions.

I made these designs prior to the miniCodex of the other day. Some had already appeared, but others are completely new characters.

This is the last thing I post about Béelia's suitors for a good while. Next thing will be more along my usual work haha

[diana-andraste]

Drawing Photograms, Rosa Rolanda, c. 1920s

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Bird ornament.

Date: A.D. 600–800

Place of origin: Guatemala or Mexico, Mesoamerica

Culture: Maya

Medium: Shell