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Guatemalan art refers to all forms of visual art associated with a Guatemalan national identity either because they are created within Guatemala, for Guatemalans, or by Guatemalans. The visual arts in Guatemala consist largely of weaving , muralism , painting , architecture , and the performing arts .
The Tayasal archaeological site is situated on a peninsula on Lake Petén Itzá a short distance to the north of the modern town of Flores, [3] separated from it by a 270-metre (890 ft) wide stretch of water, [4] and falls within the municipality of Flores, in the department of Petén in northern Guatemala. [5]
Maya civilization: Centro de Visitantes y Museo de Sitio Sylvanus G. Morley, Tikal [3] Flores: Petén Department: Maya civilization: Mapa en Relieve de Guatemala [1] Guatemala City: Guatemala Department: Museo Arqueológico Casa Santo Domingo [1] Antigua Guatemala: Sacatepéquez Department: Museo Arquidiócesano de Santiago de Guatemala [1 ...
The entrance hall to the museum has a map of the ancient city set into the floor, overlaid with glass marked with the streets of modern Guatemala City. [7] The museum has a permanent exhibition hall, a temporary exhibition hall and a mezanine with a display of 60 archaeological photographs taken between 1994 and 1996. [ 7 ]
The Museo Popol Vuh (Popol Vuh Museum) is home to one of the major collections of Maya art in the world. It is located on the campus of the Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Zone 10, Guatemala City. The museum is known for its extensive collection of pre-Columbian and colonial art of the Maya culture.
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La Corona is the name given by archaeologists to an ancient Maya court residence in Guatemala's Petén department that was discovered in 1996, and later identified as the long-sought "Site Q", the source of a long series of unprovenanced limestone reliefs of exceptional artistic quality. The site's Classical name appears to have been Sak-Nikte ...