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Aztec to Zapotec II

Orlando Museum of Art

January 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012

Orlando Museum of Art

Aztec to Zapoctec II: Selections from the Ancient Americas Collection
Aztec to Zapotec: Selections from the Ancient Americas Collection features more than 180 works made prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus and the Europeans during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Representing a time period of more than 3,000 years, the exhibition is drawn from the OMA’s comprehensive Art of the Ancient Americas Collection and gives a rare glimpse into the life and culture of numerous civilizations from the North, Central and South American regions. Significant ancient works of gold, silver, jade, ceramic, shell and wood are included from the cultures of the Aztec, Maya, Moche, Nasca, Inca and Zapotec.
The OMA’s Ancient Americas Collection is considered to be the broadest and most representative collection of its type in the Southeast, by Dr. S.J.K. Wilkerson, the director of the Institute of Cultural Ecology of the Tropics, Veracruz. Regarding the Collection, renowned University of Florida scholar Michael Moseley has stated, “…the Collection is magnificent. There are many very superb pieces … in conjunction with your other holdings it will put the museum on the map for Andean scholars.”

Please, visit the official website:
http://www.omart.org/exhibitions/aztec-zapotec-ii

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info@omart.org

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Der Dresdner Maya-Codex und seine Entzifferung

Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden

February 24 - May 12, 2012

Dresden

Es existieren nur noch drei Handschriften der Mayas weltweit und nur eine davon kann man im Original betrachten - in der Schatzkammer des Dresdner Buchmuseums. Die Sonderausstellung widmet sich der berühmten Handschrift, die 2012 im Brennpunkt des Interesses stehen wird. Seit der Ankunft in Dresden 1740 ist das Manuskript ein Besuchermagnet, Forschungsgegenstand und Vorlage für viele Veröffentlichungen. Der Besucher kann sich davon anhand zahlreicher Dokumente überzeugen, die zum großen Teil erstmals gezeigt werden. Gleichzeitig wird der Entzifferung des Codex Dresdensis nachgegangen und damit auch dem Kalendarium, das Wissenschaftler bis heute in Atem hält, aber auch Spekulationen über ein bevorstehendes Weltende hervorruft, die sich um den 21.12.2012 drehen.

Please, visit the official website:
http://www.slub-dresden.de/en/about-us/events-exhibitions/ausstellungen-der-slub/

For further inquiries, please contact:
Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden
Leiterin Buchmuseum
Katrin Nitzschke
Tel.: +49 351 4677-580
Fax: +49 351 4677-701
E-Mail: Buchmuseum@slub-dresden.de

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Legacy of the Plumed Serpent in Ancient Mexico

Dallas Museum of Art

July 29 - November 25, 2012

Dallas Museum of Art

Legacy of the Plumed Serpent in Ancient Mexico illuminates the social and cultural complexities of the late pre-Columbian and early colonial eras as expressed in the art of the period and examines the enduring nature of these complexities in contemporary Mesoamerican societies. Recent scholarship demonstrates that a confederacy of city-states in southern Mexico, largely dominated by Nahua, Mixtec, and Zapotec nobility, successfully resisted both Aztec and Spanish subjugation. Calling themselves the "Children of the Plumed Serpent" because of their belief that Quetzalcoatl, the human incarnation of the Plumed Serpent, had founded their royal lineages, this ruling class of nobles, called caciques, resurrected themselves and continued to affect cultural development in Mesoamerica during a dramatic period of social transformation.

This nationally touring exhibition will explore the extraordinary wonders in codices, polychrome ceramics, gold, turquoise, shell, textiles, and other precious materials that were produced by these confederacies between 1200 and 1500, whose influence spread throughout Mesoamerica by means of vast networks of trade and exchange.
Legacy of the Plumed Serpent in Ancient Mexico was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities. It was supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Please, visit the official website:
http://www.dm-art.org/View/FutureExhibitions/dma_412812

For further inquiries, please contact:
mediarelations@DallasMuseumofArt.org

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Les Masques de jade mayas

Pinacothèque de Paris

January 26 - June 10, 2012

Pinacothèque de Paris

La Pinacothèque de Paris poursuit son exploration des cultures précolombiennes et mésoaméricaines. Après le succès de l’exposition L’Or des Incas : origines et mystères, la Pinacothèque de Paris présente la découverte archéologique la plus importante de la dernière décennie au Mexique : les masques en mosaïque de jade.
Ces masques exceptionnels, entièrement restaurés par les plus éminents spécialistes en archéologie maya, représentent les visages de la divinité. Créés pour les gouverneurs les plus prestigieux des cités perdues mayas, ils avaient pour mission d’assurer la vie éternelle à ces hauts dignitaires après leur mort.

On a découvert à ce jour une quinzaine de masques qui sont présentés pour la plupart à la Pinacothèque de Paris. Cet ensemble rarissime, que le Mexique accepte exceptionnellement de porter hors de ses frontières, sera exposé aux côtés d’une centaine d’œuvres qui quittent le pays pour la première fois. La Pinacothèque propose ainsi une véritable plongée dans la cosmogonie sophistiquée et mystérieuse de cette culture millénaire.

Les masques de jade exposés ont été retrouvés dans les sépultures des élites mayas. Une partie des masques funéraires représente les visages individualisés des dirigeants mayas. C’est le cas de l’extraordinaire masque du roi Pakal qui fige pour l’éternité les traits du souverain. La lecture des œuvres est enrichie par une fructueuse mise en contexte : les masques sont en effet présentés avec le reste du trousseau funéraire qui comprend colliers, boucles d’oreilles, bracelets, céramiques et autres offrandes. C’est la première fois, depuis leur exhumation et leur dispersion dans différents musées, que ces œuvres sont rassemblées. Sept tombes de dirigeants mayas sont ainsi reconstituées.

Une autre partie des masques exposés représente les divinités du panthéon maya qui, à l’instar des ancêtres mythiques incas, combinent des traits humains, animaux et végétaux. Portés par l’élite maya durant les cérémonies rituelles, les masques lui permettaient d’endosser le visage de la divinité et d’accomplir ainsi son rôle d’intermédiaire entre les sphères terrestre et céleste.

Please, visit the official website:
http://www.pinacotheque.com/index.php?id=687

For further inquiries, please contact:
Ramzy BARROIS

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MAYA 2012: Lords of Time

University of Pennsylvania Museum of archaeology and Anthropology

May 5, 2012 - January 13, 2013

Penn Museum

MAYA 2012 leads visitors on a journey through the Maya’s time-ordered universe, expressed through their intricate calendar systems, and the power wielded by their divine kings, the astounding “lords of time.” Visitors explore the Maya world through interactive experiences and walk among sculptures and full-sized replicas of major monuments.

The exhibition features remarkable objects including artifacts recently excavated by Penn Museum archaeologists from the site of Copan, Honduras.

Visitors follow the rise and fall of Copan, moving across the centuries to discover how Maya ideas about time and the calendar have changed up to the present day. Contemporary Maya speak to their own heritage and concerns for the future. MAYA 2012 uncovers a history and culture far richer and surprising than commonly supposed.

Please, visit the official website:
http://www.penn.museum/upcoming-exhibits/995-maya-2012-lords-of-time.html

For further inquiries, please contact:
info@pennmuseum.org

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