. Guide leaflet. ised an ex-tremely formalized art best exemplifiedin their clay funerary urns. In thesespecimens ritual is apparent in every on the ^laya area to the Clay models were used to build u]i thesouth in Costa liica and Nicaragua is a ornaments and attributes of the divinitiessculi)ture that re])resents a stylistic mid- portrayed. Human or animal forms were])oint between the civilized conceptions used as a terrifying background for theof the Maya and the somewhat fumbling addition of ceremonial features. Yet ex-naturalism of the early cultures. Al- cellent naturalistic
. Guide leaflet. ised an ex-tremely formalized art best exemplifiedin their clay funerary urns. In thesespecimens ritual is apparent in every on the ^laya area to the Clay models were used to build u]i thesouth in Costa liica and Nicaragua is a ornaments and attributes of the divinitiessculi)ture that re])resents a stylistic mid- portrayed. Human or animal forms were])oint between the civilized conceptions used as a terrifying background for theof the Maya and the somewhat fumbling addition of ceremonial features. Yet ex-naturalism of the early cultures. Al- cellent naturalistic sculptures occur seat-though ])rol)ably c()ntem])oran(M)us with tered infrequently through this best art of the IMaya, it shows the Among the Totonac of Vera Cruz we archaism of pi-o\incial districts. There lind the reverse, that the conventionaliza-is, however, a luigged boldness about tion of religious foiinulae is subordinatedthe major sculptures that establishes to a rich portrayal of the human attributes. Such treatment })recludes anap])reciation of this carving as true sculp-ture, since it is, in reality. ])ure the inti-usion of the ^Mexicans andthe rise of Chichen Hza, naturalisticreliefs again found favor, but they alsohad a strong theological flavor in theirinvolved ornament. Till-: scrLrrrin-: or ii:i:-((Hj crsinM. ami:i:ii>\(ini(tiiali/at idii is (IcciiicdiHTcssarv, it i> roiuciitrated uii smm ob-ject like a rcrciiuniial yoke, hut it isiiowluiv used to throttle a natiii-alistieex})ression. IvxtroiiUly entertaiuiiiu- arethe ilay hui^ii-hiiii:- heads, whieli i:riiiwit]i a hlissliil liood humor. A luiiiibcn*of the heads from the Totoiiae regionwere sliown with oblique eyes, andcreated the l)eliet in some (juarters tliatthis was Chinese influence. Since theAmerican Indian is of Mongoh)id stock,it is not surprising that such traits as theepicanthic fold sliould be reproduced intile sculpture, but it l)y uo means impliest
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