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04-30-2008, 11:41 AM
The Mayans: Prophesies and Art - a Lecture and a Workshop
<center><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/mayan350.jpg align=center border=1 vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="Elaborate Mayan Ceremonial Costume"><br><font size=2 Face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>Elaborate Mayan Ceremonial Costume - When it came to dressing up, <br>the Mayans didn't fool around!</font></center>
<table border=0 align=right><tr><td><caption><font size=-1>Another Mayan Art sample - Notice the mp3 player.</font></caption><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/mayan.gif border=1 align=right vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="Another Mayan Art sample. - Notice the mp3 player."></td></tr></table> Santa Fe, NM- Mark Van Stone, Ph.D., Professor of Art and Art History, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, will present a lecture called, It's Not the End of the World: What the Ancient Maya REALLY Said About 2012, on Friday, May 30, 2008 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The lecture is free and will be at the St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art at 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe.
Dr. Van Stone will talk about the true meaning of Mayan prophesies discussed in light of recent evidence and decipherment of the glyphic record.
Dr. Van Stone is a renowned calligrapher, teacher, author, and expert in the interpretation and writing of Maya hieroglyphs. He is co-author (with Michael Coe) and illustrator of Reading the Maya Glyphs (Thames & Hudson, 2001 and 2005) and has taught many courses in Hieroglyphs and in Mesoamerican Art and Culture at the University of San Diego, the University of California, and at the Museum of Man in San Diego. Dr. Van Stone's work was prominently featured in the documentary film Breaking the Maya Code, which premiered on PBS's NOVA in mid-April, 2008. He is completing a book for Thames and Hudson tentatively titled 2012: Science and Prophecy of the Ancient Maya.
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Workshop with Dr. Van Stone - On Saturday, May 31, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Dr. Van Stone will lead a hands-on workshop - The Art of the Maya Glyph - at the Fray Angelico Chavez History Library, 120 Washington Avenue, Santa Fe.
Try your hand at the beautiful visual poetry of Maya script, with practical guidance for writing names and words.
The recent decipherment of Maya Hieroglyphs has opened a window into the intellectual and spiritual history of Ancient America. It is surprisingly easy to begin to understand the rudiments of Maya inscriptions. Like Japanese, Egyptian, and even English, Maya writing combines word-signs and sound-signs.
<table border=0 align=right><tr><td><caption><font size=-1>Mayans grew smokable herbs. That explains the odd way they dressed!</font></caption><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/mayan_07.jpg border=1 align=right vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="Mayans grew smokable herbs. That explains the odd way they dressed!"></td></tr></table>Combining instruction in decipherment, drawing tips, and strategies for recognizing signs in this mercurial script, this workshop offers fascinating and unexpected insights into the minds of Ancient Americans.
This workshop will provide participants the rare opportunity to view an exquisite collection of more than 200 books relating to the native civilizations of the Americas prior to the coming of the Europeans. This collection in the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library features a 1723 edition, 3-volume set of Juan de Torquemada's Monarquía Indiana, with the histories, religions, and customs of Mexico prior to the appearance of the conquistadors. Another holding to be viewed is Lord Kingsborough's 1830 sumptuously illustrated nine-volume set that includes facsimiles of all the major Mexican manuscript codices in European libraries.
The fee for the workshop is $30, plus a material fee.
Reservations are required and may be made by calling 505-476-5096.
Class size is limited to twenty.
[Blame where blame is due: The article came from the Museum of Art. Images and silly captions were added by Steppin' Out. The devil made us do it! ;)]
<center><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/mayan350.jpg align=center border=1 vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="Elaborate Mayan Ceremonial Costume"><br><font size=2 Face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>Elaborate Mayan Ceremonial Costume - When it came to dressing up, <br>the Mayans didn't fool around!</font></center>
<table border=0 align=right><tr><td><caption><font size=-1>Another Mayan Art sample - Notice the mp3 player.</font></caption><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/mayan.gif border=1 align=right vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="Another Mayan Art sample. - Notice the mp3 player."></td></tr></table> Santa Fe, NM- Mark Van Stone, Ph.D., Professor of Art and Art History, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, will present a lecture called, It's Not the End of the World: What the Ancient Maya REALLY Said About 2012, on Friday, May 30, 2008 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The lecture is free and will be at the St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art at 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe.
Dr. Van Stone will talk about the true meaning of Mayan prophesies discussed in light of recent evidence and decipherment of the glyphic record.
Dr. Van Stone is a renowned calligrapher, teacher, author, and expert in the interpretation and writing of Maya hieroglyphs. He is co-author (with Michael Coe) and illustrator of Reading the Maya Glyphs (Thames & Hudson, 2001 and 2005) and has taught many courses in Hieroglyphs and in Mesoamerican Art and Culture at the University of San Diego, the University of California, and at the Museum of Man in San Diego. Dr. Van Stone's work was prominently featured in the documentary film Breaking the Maya Code, which premiered on PBS's NOVA in mid-April, 2008. He is completing a book for Thames and Hudson tentatively titled 2012: Science and Prophecy of the Ancient Maya.
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Workshop with Dr. Van Stone - On Saturday, May 31, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Dr. Van Stone will lead a hands-on workshop - The Art of the Maya Glyph - at the Fray Angelico Chavez History Library, 120 Washington Avenue, Santa Fe.
Try your hand at the beautiful visual poetry of Maya script, with practical guidance for writing names and words.
The recent decipherment of Maya Hieroglyphs has opened a window into the intellectual and spiritual history of Ancient America. It is surprisingly easy to begin to understand the rudiments of Maya inscriptions. Like Japanese, Egyptian, and even English, Maya writing combines word-signs and sound-signs.
<table border=0 align=right><tr><td><caption><font size=-1>Mayans grew smokable herbs. That explains the odd way they dressed!</font></caption><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/mayan_07.jpg border=1 align=right vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="Mayans grew smokable herbs. That explains the odd way they dressed!"></td></tr></table>Combining instruction in decipherment, drawing tips, and strategies for recognizing signs in this mercurial script, this workshop offers fascinating and unexpected insights into the minds of Ancient Americans.
This workshop will provide participants the rare opportunity to view an exquisite collection of more than 200 books relating to the native civilizations of the Americas prior to the coming of the Europeans. This collection in the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library features a 1723 edition, 3-volume set of Juan de Torquemada's Monarquía Indiana, with the histories, religions, and customs of Mexico prior to the appearance of the conquistadors. Another holding to be viewed is Lord Kingsborough's 1830 sumptuously illustrated nine-volume set that includes facsimiles of all the major Mexican manuscript codices in European libraries.
The fee for the workshop is $30, plus a material fee.
Reservations are required and may be made by calling 505-476-5096.
Class size is limited to twenty.
[Blame where blame is due: The article came from the Museum of Art. Images and silly captions were added by Steppin' Out. The devil made us do it! ;)]