. Guide leaflet. CAST OF THE NATIONAL STONEA.\ Aztec sculpture which :migiit be called a :mouel, SI-XCK IT PROBABLY REPRESENTS THE CaLEXDAR StONE SETOX A PYRAMID. ThE ORIGIXAL IS ABOUT A IMETER SQUARE AXDIS RICHLY ADORXED WITH CARVIXGS PERTAIXIXG TO WORSHIP OF THE Sux God. (. Temple, Xahna Style, Santiago Iliiatusco, Vera Cruz. After Dnpaix, ISS-t The Architecture ofPre-Columbian Central America THE art of Central America is asbaffling- as it is impressive. Com-pletely a product of the Indiansof the Xew World, it cannot be fitted intothe customary canons of European aes-tlietics. The higher ex
. Guide leaflet. CAST OF THE NATIONAL STONEA.\ Aztec sculpture which :migiit be called a :mouel, SI-XCK IT PROBABLY REPRESENTS THE CaLEXDAR StONE SETOX A PYRAMID. ThE ORIGIXAL IS ABOUT A IMETER SQUARE AXDIS RICHLY ADORXED WITH CARVIXGS PERTAIXIXG TO WORSHIP OF THE Sux God. (. Temple, Xahna Style, Santiago Iliiatusco, Vera Cruz. After Dnpaix, ISS-t The Architecture ofPre-Columbian Central America THE art of Central America is asbaffling- as it is impressive. Com-pletely a product of the Indiansof the Xew World, it cannot be fitted intothe customary canons of European aes-tlietics. The higher expressions of CentralAmerican art are far from primitive, themodern American, missing the emotionalappeal of his own art, feels some-thing remote and undeveloped in Pre-Columbian civilizations. Yet, since weourselves are immigrants in a new landwho built up our own civilization, thecultural and artistic achievements ofprevious immigrants, of different race, tothe same continent should be as worthyof our knowledge as the culture of theancient Egyptians, which is part of allour courses in ancient history. In the preceding chapter we havetried to describe the life in a typicalCentral American community and in the following pages the art that flourishedamid such surroundin
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