Global Antiquity Distinguished Speaker Series- Myth, Time and Cosmology in the Ancient Maya Murals of San Bartolo with David Stuart

Royce Hall 306 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles

Myth, Time and Cosmology in the Ancient Maya Murals of San Bartolo David Stuart (Art & Art History, University of Texas at Austin) Friday, February 13, 4:00 pm | Royce Hall 306 Register Here Watch Live on Zoom This talk will present new interpretations of one of the most important artworks from ancient Maya civilization — the wall paintings of San Bartolo, Guatemala. Discovered in a buried room in 2001, the paintings are among the earliest examples of mural painting in the Maya tradition, dating to the so-called Preclassic period. Their complex narrative focuses on varied origin myths, including the...