. Guide leaflet. 51 52 AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLET his rude drawing, has ^hi in lixclytiTJiis a cerenionial scene. Especiallviiulcworthy is a coiiveiiti(Jiialized desi<:iicoiidjiniiiL; NanOiis fruits and ]dants. Musi ol* the iliscos })resiiiiiahly (hilefrom the time ininiediately i)receding theConquest, and come Jroni Yucatan whorethe stone architectui-e resisted theelements, and in consequence preservedthe Jra-s withiin the rooms ofthe huihlin<i-s. A number of the subjectsseem to be secuhtr. At the Temple of theWarriors, in Chichen Itza, two animatedscenes were reconstr

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. Guide leaflet. 51 52 AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLET his rude drawing, has ^hi in lixclytiTJiis a cerenionial scene. Especiallviiulcworthy is a coiiveiiti(Jiialized desi<:iicoiidjiniiiL; NanOiis fruits and ]dants. Musi ol* the iliscos })resiiiiiahly (hilefrom the time ininiediately i)receding theConquest, and come Jroni Yucatan whorethe stone architectui-e resisted theelements, and in consequence preservedthe Jra-s withiin the rooms ofthe huihlin<i-s. A number of the subjectsseem to be secuhtr. At the Temple of theWarriors, in Chichen Itza, two animatedscenes were reconstructed by Ann AxtellMorris from the fallen blocks of thetemple vault. In one a seaside village isshown, ixnd in the other the defeat of aforay by marauding strangers. There isno real grasp of foreshortening, but thearrangement of the figures suggests adawning knowledge of perspective. Inthe Temple of the Tigers at the same sitethere is a fresco depicting another attack,and in this case some ra

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