This architectural system and building method has been co. RM DYEKET - Lintel from Yaxchilan 690 A.D. And we know that Lamb heard about this ruin when he was in the jungle beginning this filming project. Several lintels over temple doors were composed of wooden beams and contained carved scenes of royal conquest and ritual. STEPHEN HOUSTON: Lambs objective was essentially to do Kon-Tiki in the Chiapan Rainforest. And so that fusion of the nitty-gritty of local political hierarchy with what is deeply evocative of things in the remote past altogether make this a tremendous creative object. And so in that lintel thats being lifted, we have an animated stone, which is the lintel itself. HOUSTON: Today, its very much close to a number of millions. The Hoysala Empire era was an important period in the development of art and architecture in the South Indian Kannadiga culture. And this came as something of a controversy in my field because everyone had assumed there was a local expression of whatever language might be spoken at that time. Direct link to coty.comeaux22's post what is the creature in t, Wow that looks painful! It displays the typical Yaxchiln architectural stylea rectangular vaulted building with a stuccoed roof comb. She has likely burned the paper to allow the blood to ascend to the gods, and to bring about the vision serpent. Why are there 3 doors on most of the temples here? And this may, in turn, account for the kind of micro kingdoms or the political fragmentation that are illustrated or exemplified by the carving weve been looking at. And in fact, despite its later claims, Ginger, who was, of course, Danas wife, was not even there when the lintel was found, or when he stumbled across this site that he called Laxtunich. The giant portrait that hangs over Tiananmen depicts one of the founders of ancient China. For the ancient Maya, jade objects embodied the color blue-green (the spectrum of blues and green was referred to as one word, yax, in the Classic Mayan language), which symbolized new growth, water, and primordial places and beings. A bloodletting ritual. Her necklace also appears to have a pectoral depiction of the sun god. Structure 23 is therefore important not only for advertising Shield Jaguar IIs power, but also for highlighting the important role of royal women in Maya culture. Now, on the carvings that we studied, the blue rims of the glyphs are probably referring to the idea of preciousness. By choosing to take part in the ritual, the queen demonstrated both her moral and physical strength to the people, and her suitability as a Maya royal. He clearly needed local help to get to this place where the lintels were found. Three-dimensional wooden objects are scarcer and primarily known from dry tombs, cave contexts, or waterlogged anoxic conditions. If you're behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains *.kastatic.org and *.kasandbox.org are unblocked. Hieroglyphic stairways are also kinetically fascinating from an interpretive viewpoint because you, of course, walk up and down them, but what is often depicted on them, in terms of imagery, or recorded on them in terms of hieroglyphic inscriptions, would be a succession of rulers over time. Laxtunich was a name that was concocted by Lamb. [5], Lintels may also be used to reduce scattered radiation in medical applications. And its almost impressive to me, in that its almost as though they protest too much, because this is within a couple of decades of the collapse of Maya civilization, and it could be this frenetic cultural activity has something to do, in fact, with a kind of Band-Aid or a way of disguising what could have been fracturing tensions within this kingdom. The blues are symbolically important because theyre linked to jade and to other sorts of precious substances, such as the Quetzal plumes that come from this adorable bird from highland Guatemala that has a tiny body, but an immensely long set of green plumes, which were also prized by the ancient Maya. But I think at least, there could be, wherever these monuments areand one is in a very securely known location, in a museum in Texaswe want to know, or at least to recognize, where they came from, so that that can be advertised and specified very precisely, because I do think transparency and honesty about these things are virtues, and that we can employ knowledge in their service. And the rest of their lives were leavened by little more than an occasional talk about their grand adventure to the Lost City. Later sculpture from the Maya area follows radically different conventions. The first two glyphs in the text at the top of the lintel indicate the event and the date on which it took place, October24, 709 C.E. For photos, transcripts, and other resources, visit getty.edu/podcasts and if you have a question, or an idea for an upcoming episode, write to us at podcasts@getty.edu. We know, for instance, hes coming from an enemy dynasty. And then it concludes, I would say, with what we call the Post-Classic, which is a very tendentious term. At the Yaxchilan archaeological site there are fifty-eight lintels with decorative pieces spanning the doorways of major structures. In the same way artists worked the hard stone, they also delicately cut and incised marine and freshwater shell, animal bones, and even human bones. In Yaxchilan, structure 23 is seen as the place of Lady Xoc's. It was most likely built by Bird Jaguar IV, who like his father Shield Jaguar II engaged in a series of building projects and commissioned various monuments as part of his campaign to legitimate his rule. Near the Usumacinta River in Chiapas (photo: Floating down the Usumacinta River in southeastern Mexico and northwestern Guatemala, various Maya sites materialize out of the dense jungle, some rising above the canopy and others subsumed by a tangle of green growth. And it remained, until recently, I think, one of the great mysteries of Maya imagery, as to where these objects, which had fascinated so many scholars, mightve come from. Scrolls of blood can be seen around her mouth. And Ive often wondered, as have others, why didnt he eventually fess up? Shield Jaguar II's commissions at Yaxchiln's central complex of buildings (called the Central Acropolis) include carved lintels (the beam at the top of a doorway), stairs faced with hieroglyphic writing, and stele (upright wood or stone slab monuments). Its very, very fine. is a wonderful example of Maya Classic architecture, particularly of the Usumacinta and Peten region or style as some would call it (image below). But instead, were getting this strong feeling of what linguists technically would call diglossia, in which there is a profound linguistic, or again, expressive abyss, almost, that exists between what the rulers are saying and what theyre recording in the inscriptions and what people out in farm and field might be speaking, as well. What event is portrayed in the elaborately carved lintel showing the Maya ruler Shield Jaguar and his wife Lady Xoc (4.6.5)? Or what else would there be? [1] Called an architrave, the lintel is a structural element that is usually rested on stone pillars or stacked stone columns, over a portal or entranceway. Lintel 24 is the designation given by modern archaeologists to an ancient Maya limestone sculpture from Yaxchilan, in modern Chiapas, Mexico. But the sculptures are always being modulated, to some extent, and I think deliberately so, according to the wishes of the carvers and their patrons, whenever someone walks up to them, whenever one wants to look at them. Lintels 15, 16 and 17 replicate the scenes carved on the three lintels in Structure 23, constructed by Bird Jaguar's father, Shield Jaguar II. and a number of its buildings stand to this day. The portrait of Mao Zedong that hangs over Tiananmen has never been taken down since the day it What proximity do they share? It is possible that this is Bird Jaguar IV. James Doyle Lady Xook (detail), Lintel 25, Structure 23, Yaxchiln (Maya) (The British Museum). What was a craftsman called when they were in training? Its also a time in which theyre probably using a kind of lingua franca, the elites are speaking one language and its not at all clear that anyone else is communicating in that speech. Now, the pots were used anciently, for the consumption of food and drink. Is elaborate the same as explain? Rome? Now the other thing that, to me, is fascinating about even considering the problem of time, the way we might conceptualize it with respect to this carving, is that the carving itself, as we studied it, tends to prefigure later carvings by this very same sculptor, so theres a rich oeuvre, we know, of his work over a ten-year span. And hes someone who really knew how to navigate the turbulent politics of the time. One building was constructed a bit early; the later came about ten years after that. The loss of blood and the burning of incense produced hallucinations, which were desired in certain ritual contexts to access other realms. maby it was to show the detail of the rope. Its one of these very, very few acts of self-reference that occur in Maya writing. The others are in very, very similar style. Because there really is zero doubt that this carving was taken from Guatemala when local laws prohibited such removal, whatever the international laws and regulations of that time. The human head worn by Shield Jaguar over his brow may be a shrunken battle trophy. And this is something weve known about for some time, but its only recently being documented to a fuller extent. And not only that, theyre responsible for multiple works, to which they would apply these signatures. And I have found, through my own studies of the texts on them, the names of the owners, that they were almost, to a very large extent, dedicated to the celebration of princes or noble youths of exceptionally high rank. And he eventually produced and helped to release the Kon-Tiki movie itself in the United States. The most prominent of these is the equestrian warrior, who is depicted frontally sitting regally on a diminutive horse. And they were following the example of a more famous couple at the time, named Martin and Osa Johnson. The jester mask is considered analogous to the glyph for kingship, ajaw, and is named so for the vegetation often depicted coming from the crown of it. Write AAA above the verb if it is active and PPP if it is passive. This limestone lintel is one of a series of three panels commissioned by Bird Jaguar IV for Structure 21 at Yaxchiln and was once set above the right-hand (north-west) doorway of the central chamber. What effect it might have on the physical condition of the limestone of which the Mayan stones are primarily made. And I think it was always, Jim, quite remote, even in the times of the Classic period. Among the finest Mayan carving to be excavated are three temple door lintels that feature narrative scenes of a queen celebrating the king's anointing by a god. represents? This buildings construction is therefore important, and so too are the individuals it showcases. And you say that it thrives in conditions of relative stability. And Martin having been the cook on Jack Londons voyages. It is a civilization that really comes together as a literate one, with a copious tradition of carving, probably about 2500 years ago to, more or less, the beginning of the Common Era. This is a place and a general area with fierce sunlight at certain times of the year, and at other moments, that is very much muted by cloudy conditions. His undergraduate degree was in physics, of all things. CUNO: Well, lets turn now to the particular lintel stone We mentioned the name of Dana Lamb. And so by walking around it, youre, in some ways, participating in whatever kinetic activity that involved. Elaborately carved gate lintel Contributor Names American Colony (Jerusalem). The uppermost describes Itzamnaaj Bahlam, where the second raised section describes Lady Xoc. Event and date Emplym Glyph Name Glyph: The artists name are carved into the lintels Action: The blood is dripping onto some paper in a basket She is kneeling She is wearing: Ceremonial blood leading costume In zigzag pattern there is the axis mundi The cross is the intersection of the universe And in those smaller sites and in those isolated pockets would be lintels, of which quite a few are known from this area. In Lintel 24, he is depicted holding a torch above his first wife, Lady Xoc. And a good place for that wouldve been the Chiapas rainforest of Mexico, on the border between Guatemala and Mexico. The sculpture Chibinda Ilunga, made by the Chokwe people of Central Africa, depicts a king as a. If you're behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains *.kastatic.org and *.kasandbox.org are unblocked. CUNO: So we have three sites, if I have my numbers correct, El Tunel being one of them; Yaxchilan being another; and Bonampak being a third. And Ive sometimes wondered if that had to do with an attempt to heighten their claim to authenticity. He was arguably the greatest scientific explorer of the Maya in the twentieth century. The Maya civilization in the Americas was known for its sophisticated art and monumental architecture. And what they tell us is that these carvings were made by an identifiable, superlative sculptor whose name we know and can decipher. And thats where we have a good purchase on what the Maya felt and thought about these kind of sculptures. There were some yellows, as well, that are probably made out of some other kind of mineral. For the AP exam, is it important to know where everything is located in present time? In the section Lintels 25 and 26, only lintel 25 is described. After the collapse of the Classic Period kingdoms, Maya artists at northern cities like Chichn Itz drew influence from Central Mexico and southern Central America as they adorned their temples and created spectacular offerings to their rulers and deities. And so all of this tells us that they were very much concerned with the physical placement of these carvings, but also how humans would interact with them. false The sculpture Chibinda Ilunga, made by the Chokwe people of Central Africa, depicts a king as a powerful hunter true 1 : to work out in detail : develop elaborate a theory. Lambs objective was essentially to do Kon-Tiki in the Chiapan Rainforest. HOUSTON: Well, we have a few examples of reliefs that have essentially transferred designs from pots. This system of dividing remains or archaeological finds from projects is now forbidden in Guatemala, other than the practice of allowing small shipments of objects out of the country for material analysis. In the case of windows, the bottom span is instead referred to as a sill, but, unlike a lintel, does not serve to bear a load to ensure the integrity of the wall. It speaks about cataclysmic storms, almost a hurricane, artesian wells that are spurting like volcanoes, and so forth. The other thing about the lintel that intrigues us is down below, supporting these two very exalted individuals, are other people in the pecking order politically. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mayas/hd_mayas.htm (April 2016). Lady Xoc is shown here performing an important royal rite of blood letting. It took place because this area, which had been almost unimaginably remote until the sixties, suddenly experienced an influx of people coming from other parts of Guatemala; individuals and families being forced out of land by oligarchs or by a land grab by a few very wealthy people up in the highlands of Guatemala. Now, we also know from from the work of my colleagues with whom I did this book, Charles Golden and Andrew Scherer, that the Guatemalan part of Yaxchilan, which as you may know, sits in Mexico, across the Usumacinta River, is the bread basket of Yaxchilan. All three were apparently commissioned by Lady Xoc for the doorways of Structure 23. Very different, especially in the case of carvings and painted pots. But there wouldve been loggers; there wouldve been people out there tapping whats called the chicozapote or sapodilla tree, in order to extract the sap that would eventually make its way into chewing gum, at that time. And so Lambs objective was essentially to do Kon-Tiki in the Chiapan Rainforest. Both king and queen are richly attired with Sun God pectorals. But in point of fact, thats pretty unusual. This sacrifice mirrored the Maya story of creation, when the gods let their blood to create the human race. The lintel dates to about 723726 AD, placing it within the Maya Late Classic period. On what basis can you determine that there is a corpus of works by the same single sculptor? And in fact, we know these limestones are literally millions of years old. So that if you see a stele or an upright stone monolith on a Maya plaza, for the Maya, it was a being or a ruler, usually, who is shown in perpetual, almost frozen, dance. it is possible, but considering the size of the monolith it would be quite difficult to print anything. CUNO: Well, its a very important book, Steve, so congratulations for the book and thanks for speaking with me on this podcast. Chakalte' Guatemalan or Mexican. A lintel or lintol is a structural horizontal block that spans the space or opening between two vertical supports. And at the same time, concurrently, there was, I would also say, a mounting or growing interest, in places like New York City or in Europe, in what was then called primitive art, a term, of course, we eschew completely at this point. And then other ones are highly marshal, very belligerent in their imagery. Bird Jaguar was Yaxchiln's most prolific builder and at least a dozen major structures were initiated or remodelled during his reign. How did they know how to translate mayan glyphs? Carved from one piece of wood, the composition combines two classic Yoruba icons of power and leadership. One purpose or aim is purely intellectual. CUNO: Now, give us an outline of the history of the ancient Maya. And indeed, for much of its existence, it was a dependency of Yaxchilan, which was the superordinate, dominant kingdom in this area. Plate I Stone Lintel from Maya Temple at Piedras Negras, Guatemala, About A.D. 750. Other stone, however, is almost crystalline in hardness. Non-structural Mayan ornamental lintel stone, from the Yaxchilan city site in Chiapas, southern Mexico. In The Armada Portrait, it is suggested that Queen Elizabeth is: Jean-Antoine Houdon's sculpture of George Washington was made from: Napoleon Crossing the Alps depicts the moment before Emperor Napoleon was to meet the. A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces. Rulers needed to shed blood in order to maintain order in the cosmos. 250-900), kings and queens of powerful city . Then there was the time of quarrying, in which the limestone is taken out of a stone bed. Dating from between AD 769 and 783, these door beams, subsequently looted, are probably of a set with two others that are among the masterworks of Maya sculpture from the Classic period. HOUSTON: Were blessed, in the Maya evidence, to have many, many named carvers and also calligraphers. The sculptor, Chakalte, signed this lintel and at least two other works during his career. And then eventually, there is the act and process of looting itself, by which these carvings are traveling around the world by boat or jet. There are flower tassels on the main part of the head band and a mosaic depiction of Tlaloc sprouting quetzal feathers. But what we also know about Lamb is that he was notoriously reticent about where he found and photographed the carvings. In the ninth and tenth centuries, monumental sculpture adorned palaces in Campeche and Yucatan, sometimes marking the buildings as animate mountains. And I personally thinkthis is my own perspectivethat for study purposes, small collections of pot shards and animals bones can still be responsibly stored and researched abroad. We have the ruler himself, the king of Yaxchilan, who is embodying the sun; the magnate, whos seated by him, is representing the night and a time when maize grows. It makes them tremendously exciting to study. onwards, and an essential part of rulership and of all public rituals. Find two or three examples in this story showing that Crane believes war personifies machines and dehumanizes people. Its about supporters of the king but its taken into an entirely different direction. And this mustve been in the air of the time, because of the release, in 1947, of a lot of publicity about the Kon-Tiki expedition by Thor Heyerdahl. The structure 23 does not depict warfare which differentiates it from other structures build during Jaguar's time. There would be a carving, there would be an act of erection or emplacement. Often wooden sculptures are only recognized through the traces of a thin shell of stucco that once covered them before the wood rotted away. And then later on, theres an afterlife that would includeand theres the kind of lithic biographyvisits by local later Maya, who would burn incense near or on these monuments. CUNO: Now, and weve talked a bit about the Lambs, but what about this man named Ian Graham? And we can understand by looking at all of these carvings, which are sometimes which sometimes affix his signature, how he developed, what fascinated him, how he grafted, in this instance, a political arrangement between a king and a magnate-lord onto a pattern that really gets into complex iconography or imagery. And theyll involve or project very elaborate scenes of captives being taken in battle, and also in the ensuing tribute that would come from the feet of enemies. Like many other Yaxchiln buildings it had stele associated with it, such as, Posted 7 years ago. Nonetheless, there are plans afoot to try to return to this region and to explore it in more detail. And then the final touch, which really, really caused us great joy when we figured this out, is that the two underlings are literally also lifting the lintel itself. And that story is not an end at all, and hopefully, it will continue for some time to come. And despite attention given in past years to locally surviving carved lintels, two . HOUSTON: Its a term that comes from the ancient world, particularly in Egypt, in which many objects flowed out to museums. HOUSTON: Thats right. How do we know the names of those mentioned in the article? 20002023 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. His son and heir, Bird Jaguar IV, continued this tradition. Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. And we have made, I think, a persuasive argument that the four lintels came from two separate buildings. Not a conventional way of getting from one place to the other. 71 Lintel 10 in Structure 3 records an och k'ahk' event, as does Lintel 56 of Structure 11, while Lintel 28 of Structure 24 records a fire-entering ceremony into Lady Xook's tomb. Doyle, James. What event is portrayed in the elaborately carved lintel showing the Maya ruler Shield Jaguar and. A lintel or lintol is a type of beam that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces. The Maya rain god, known as Chac, also features prominently in later Maya art. Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress, The blog has moved! HOUSTON: The next part of the project is to get back to the jungle. But Dana also wanted to do a movie. In the image below, you can see that the figure emerging from the vision serpents mouth is armed with a shield, spear and a war helmet. The rope falls on to an open codex. Lady K'abal Xook pullinga thorned rope through her tongue (detail). tabiiy yuxul mo chaak aj hixiil? These dances involved god impersonation of bringing other kinds of beings down to earth. What kind of stories do the reliefs tell, and do they tell different stories than the vases tell? Only the carver is, through his name glyphs, as it is expressed in the orbits of the lintel being lifted. The colossal statue of Constantine the Great departs completely from statues of earlier Roman We dont really know. "His sculpture was erected, Mo Chaak, he of Hixil?". And it is opening up all sorts of exciting possibilities of interpretation. HOUSTON: This lintel was first seen by an adventurer named Dana Lamb. And he trekked to the site with locals. Why did the looting take place? CUNO: Now, tell us about the stone itself. Hes a bit of a turncoat. HOUSTON: Yeah. During the Classic Period (ca. HOUSTON: There isnt a Maya ruin Ive ever visited And Ive visited literally hundreds, if not thousands, at this point, including ones that are often under heavy guard. all of these were propagandistic artworks, Recognition of Neurological Progression/Deter, The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric, Lawrence Scanlon, Renee H. Shea, Robin Dissin Aufses, Eric Hinderaker, James A. Henretta, Rebecca Edwards, Robert O. Self, Byron Almen, Dorothy Payne, Stefan Kostka, Coastal ecosystems - coral reefs (Edexcel iGC. The difference between Elaborate and Explain. 2574-2134 BC). In the Lintel 23, Communication with Ancestors, Blood Sacrifices and preparing the King for Battle is seen performing by Lady Xoc in the presence of the King Jaguar. Remember that the main figure is impersonating the sun god. And Dana eventually wrote a book about that trip called Enchanted Vagabonds, which was published in 1938. A carved bowl (2000.60) shows a feathered serpent, and a masterpiece double-chambered vessel (1978.412.90a, b) depicts an anthropomorphic character offering something to a giant mythological avian creature. Which of these artworks was not made as propaganda to supplement the power of the ruler it It does have a descendant language that is spoken on the border of Guatemala and Honduras, but its, at this point, only used by about 30,000 people. Our theme music comes from the The Dharma at Big Sur composed by John Adams, for the opening of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in 2003 and is licensed with permission from Hendon Music. and a number of its buildings stand to this day. Now, what we were able to do, and especially Andrew Scherer, whos my colleague who focused in this most particularly, is to go to the remaining papers that Lamb donated to the Sherman Library in Corona del Mar, down in California. 250900), kings and queens of powerful city-states, such as Tikal, Calakmul, Palenque, and Copn, commissioned artworks to cover their royal court buildings and their regal bodies. There are chocolate recipes that are specifying, to a very great degree, what people might be quaffing in some of these festivities that we know that they celebrated. (Late Classic period, 600-900 CE). And ultimately, should it be feasible, I think theres an interest, potentially, in repatriation by some process, legal or otherwise. Its also very helpful if you plan to travel to one of the locations. 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