Drawing From the Past: Maya Antiquity Through the Eyes of Frederick Catherwood
| This exhibition represents a collaboration among the 19 students in the First Year Seminar, “Making Sense of the Pre-Columbian,” and Martin Antonetti, curator of the Mortimer Rare Book Room. In the fall of 2005, this seminar studied (among other things) the history of the ancient Maya, original works of Maya art in museum and private collections, the travel accounts written by John Lloyd Stephens in the 19th century, the lithographs created by Frederick Catherwood, and debates about the collection and meaning of pre-Columbian objects in the present. The exhibition title, the interpretive texts and the annotated bibliography were all written by the students in the seminar as their final project for the course. The exhibition is on view in Neilson Library through July 31, 2006.
A reception with the student curators was held on Thursday, March 30, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm in the Book Arts Gallery. |
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Online Exhibition: Plates
Each image below is a link to a particular facisimile lithographs from Catherwood's Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan (1844), including interpretative text written by the students. The images can be viewed in order via the links at the bottom of each page, or individually by returning to this home page and selecting the image you would like to view. Plate descriptions are also available in Spanish. See also the Annotated Bibliography.
 Plate 1 Idol, Copán |
 Plate 2 Pyramidal Building, Copán |
 Plate 3 Back of Idol, Copán |
 Plate 4 Broken Idol, Copán |
 Plate 5 Idol and Altar, Copán |
 Plate 6 General View, Palenque |
 Plate 7 top Principal Court, Palace, Palenque |
 Plate 7 bottom Interior, Casa III, Palenque |
 Plate 8 General View, Las Monjas, Uxmal |
 Plate 9, Ornament, Casa del Gobernador, Uxmal |
 Plate 10 Archway, Casa del Gobernador, Uxmal |
 Plate 11 Gateway, Great Teocallis, Uxmal |
 Plate 12 Ornament, Great Teocallis, Uxmal |
 Plate 13 General View, Uxmal |
 Plate 14 Portion of Building, Las Monjas, Uxmal |
 Plate 15 La Casa de Las Monjas, Uxmal |
 Plate 16 General View, Kabáh |
 Plate 17 Interior, Principal Building, Kabáh |
 Plate 18 Well and Building, Sabactsche |
 Plate 19 Gateway, Labnah |
 Plate 20 Well, Bolonchen |
 Plate 21 Las Monjas, Chichén-Itzá |
 Plate 22 Teocallis, Chichén-Itzá |
 Plate 23 Castle, Tuloom |
 Plate 24 Temple, Tuloom |
 Plate 25 Colossal Head, Izamal |
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