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Front frieze of Central Structure;
a highly complex but rigorously
organized design.
Jan. 2001 (200mm lens; composite panorama - slight perspective distortion) |
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Front frieze of Central Structure;
panorama left-to-right no.1 (at lower-right of this thumbnail page is a diagram including this portion of the frieze).
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Panorama left-to-right no.2;
showing the complexity with which different design elements
project farther than others, lattice background the least,
human figures the most.
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Panorama left-to-right no.3;
the most prominent forms are called "double G frets" or "meanders".
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Panorama left-to-right no.4;
the pattern of adjoining masks, moving diagonally and horizontally
accross frieze, ties the entire design together.
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Panorama left-to-right no.5;
showing that the patterns project outward to left and right from the central facade design.
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Panorama left-to-right no.6;
greatest Uxmal ruler, Lord Chaak, above central doorway; he is the
center of the facade design, from which all other parts radiate.
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Panorama left-to-right no.7;
showing that the patterns project outward to left and right from the central facade design.
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Panorama left-to-right no.8;
the cornice and medial binder molding run around the entire
Palace.
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Panorama left-to-right no.9;
cornice and medial molding are each formed of squared center
band with beveled courses above and below; however cornice
has much taller upper course with cord or guilloche (an abstracted
undulating serpent) running around its central band.
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Panorama left-to-right no.10;
continuous pattern of masks forms canopies above each human
figure.
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Panorama left-to-right no.11;
diagonal stairstep pattern of masks descends to bottom right;
stacks of 5 masks are at all 6 corners of front facade.
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Diagram of left half of same
frieze on central structure of Palace; showing pattern of
masks, location of sitting figures, double G frets, and latticework background with diagonal squares.
Scanned from Eduard Seler, “Die Ruinen von Uxmal”, 1917 (fig. 114); print closely based on Seler’s on-site drawing. |
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