The colour palette in the architecture of la blanca (Petén, Guatemala). Comparison between that of the Mayan owlands and that used in other civilizations of the ancient world

The chemical characterization of the remains of mural painting conserved on the palace architecture in the Mayan city of La Blanca (Department of Petén, Guatemala) and the interpretation thereof, in light of current knowledge about the arts of this ancient American culture, constituted one of the li...

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Autores: Vázquez de Agredos Pascual, María Luisa, Domenech Carbo, Antonio, Domenech Carbo, Mª Teresa|||0000-0003-3660-2161
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/32255
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/32255
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:La Blanca
Petén
Guatemala
Maya culture
Pre-Columbian art
Mural painting
Pigments
Architecture
Cultura maya
Arte precolombino
Pintura mural
Pigmentos
Arquitectura
CONSERVACION Y RESTAURACION DE BIENES CULTURALES (UPV)
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Sumario:The chemical characterization of the remains of mural painting conserved on the palace architecture in the Mayan city of La Blanca (Department of Petén, Guatemala) and the interpretation thereof, in light of current knowledge about the arts of this ancient American culture, constituted one of the lines of research promoted by the La Blanca Project since 2004. The importance of the data obtained during this time has led to the extension of this line of research, over the last year, to other settle¿ments in the Mayan lowlands in order to analyse the possible relations between the materials, techniques and painters working at these settlements. This study provides a fairly representative panorama of the materials used in mural painting by this millenary prehispanic civilization and ultimately enables a very precise comparison to be made between these works and those carried out in other cultures of the ancient world.