EditorialDoor to Uxmal. Yucatan, Gate in Uxmal, ruins of a Mayan city in Mexico, signed: J. A. Leveil del, d'apr?s F. Catherwood; Bury sculp, Fig. 79, p. 338, Catherwood, Frederick (inv.); L?veil, Jean-Arnaud (del. d'apr?s Frederick Catherwood); Bury, Jean Bapt...
EditorialPalace, Uxmal. Yucatan, Governor's Palace in Uxmal, Ruins of a Mayan City in Mexico, signed: J. A. Leveil del, d'apr?s F. Catherwood; Bury sculp, Fig. 77, p. 334, Catherwood, Frederick (inv.); L?veil, Jean-Arnaud (del. d'apr?s Frederick Catherwood); Bu...
EditorialRuins of a palace to Uxmal, Artworks from Yucatan, pl. 24, after p. 124, fol. 24r, Carl August Menzel: Die Kunstwerke von dem Alterthum bis in die Gegenwart [...] oder Wegweiser durch das ganze Gebiet der bildenden Kunst [...]. Bd. 1. Leipzig: J. A. Ro...
EditorialGate of the great Teocallis, in Uxmal. Yucatan, Gate of the Teocalli building in Uxmal, ruins of a Mayan city in Mexico, signed: J. A. Leveil del, d'apr?s F. Catherwood; Bury sculp, Fig. 75, p. 330, Catherwood, Frederick (inv.); L?veil, Jean-Arnaud (de...
EditorialRuins of a palace, Uxmal, Palace Building in Uxmal, Ruins of a Mayan City in Mexico, signed: J. A. Leveil del, Bury et Durond sculp, Fig. 78, p. 336, L?veil, Jean-Arnaud (del.); Bury, Jean Baptiste Marie (sc.); Durond, Joseph (sc.), 1853, Jules Gailhab...
EditorialUxmal, Indian Bas Relief, Nun?s Palace (Uxmal, Bas Relief de l?Indien, Palais des Nonnes), 1860, D?sir? Charnay, French, 1828-1915, Not printed by the artist., Albumen print, plate 44 from the album "Cit?s et Ruines Am?ricaines, Gide Paris" (1863), 40 ...
EditorialCit?s et ruines Am?ricaines: Mitla, Palenque, Izamal, Chich?n-Itz?, Uxmal, pl. 44: The Nunnery, Uxmal, 1860. Claude-Joseph-D?sir? Charnay (French, 1828-1915), Gide et J. Baudry. Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 40.5 x 27 cm (15 15/16 x...
EditorialTrunk-like noses of the rain-god Chac form the cornice of the East Building, Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal. Uxmal lies on a dry limestone plateau and the only water supply came from rain, collected in huge reservoirs, hence the importance of the rain-god.
EditorialMasks of the rain-god Chac with his trunk-like nose, symbolising lightning, form the cornice of the East Building. Quadrangle of the Nuns, Uxmal (7th-10th.