Deep within the jungle of Mexico and extending into the limestone shelf of the Yucatan peninsula lie the mysterious temple and pyramids of the Maya. While Europe was still in the midst of the dark ages, these amazing people had mapped the heavens, evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas and were masters of mathematics. They invented the calendars we use today. Across a huge jungle landscape with an amazing degree of architectural perfection and variety. Their legacy in stone, which has survived in a spectacular fashion at places such as Palenque, Tikal, Tulum, Chichen Itza, Copan...
to be the ultimate honor. The winning captain getting a direct ticket to heaven instead of going through the 13 steps that the Mayan"s believed they had to go through in order to reach heaven..

to be the ultimate honor. The winning captain getting a direct ticket to heaven instead of going through the 13 steps that the Mayan"s believed they had to go through in order to reach heaven..
In conclusion, Chichen iItza is just one of so many good examples of the high techniques and mathematical skills that they developed and used. They were great in building on the inherited inventions and ideas of earlier civilization. They developed some other amazing things like, astronomy, calendrical system and hieroglyphic writing. The Maya were noted as well for elaborate and highly decorated ceremonial architecture.
Baroque is the name given to the art of the 17th century. But the baroque style, like all other styles in the history of art, began gradually. It started in the latter part of the 16th century and continued to be used well into the 18th century. Baroque can be...
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The objective of this essay is to provide an explanation of Leonardo da Vinci's life and work as an artist in context with his time spent in Milan. Following an initial introduction to Leonardo's formative years in Florence and his apprenticeship to the sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio, 1435-88,...
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Upon entering a modern record store, one is confronted with a wide variety of choices in recorded music. These choices not only include a multitude of artists, but also a wide diversity of music categories. These categories run the gamut from easy listening dance music to more complex art music....
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Artist and Humanist, Albrecht Durer is one of the most significant figures in the history f European art outside Italy during the Renaissance Gowing 195. Portraying the questioning spirit of the Renaissance, Durer"s conviction that he must examine and explore his own situation through capturing the very essence of his...
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The portals to immortality-Greek Grave Steles To us who live in modern times the 'melancholic look' that we find in the sculpture of cemeteries throughout the world is something we take for granted. Although its authenticity has been lost to us, this so-called look can be traced back to 5th...
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