ARCHITECTURE, RESTORATION, AND IMAGING OF THE MAYA CITIES OF UXMAL, KABAH, SAYIL, AND LABNÁ
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1914 Vierra

Large, painted mural of Uxmal by Carlos Vierra (1873-1937). This is 1 of 6 murals of Maya cities commissioned from Vierra for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego. Reproduced from 35mm slides taken May 2000 directly from the mural on an interior wall of the Museum of Man, Balboa Park, San Diego.


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Carlos Vierra, View of Uxmal from the Pyramid of the Old Woman; mural painting for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, San Diego.
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 Governor's Palace, Uxmal; detail of mural painting by Carlos Vierra.
1915

Signature of Carlos Vierra; lower-right corner of mural painting of Uxmal.
1915
South Temple, Uxmal; detail of mural painting by Carlos Vierra.
1915
 Great Pyramid, Uxmal; detail of mural painting by Carlos Vierra.
1915
Governor's Palace, Uxmal; detail of mural painting by Carlos Vierra.
1915
Governor's Platform, Ballcourt, and Nunnery, Uxmal; detail of mural painting by Carlos Vierra.
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Nunnery, Uxmal; detail of mural painting by Carlos Vierra.
1915
Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal; detail of mural painting by Carlos Vierra.
1915
 

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