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Introduction: Area. -- Relation to surrounding cultures. -- Natural divisions. -- Early notices. -- Native accounts. -- Political and religious ideas. -- Present population. -- Materials available for study. -- Previous studies. -- I. General consideration of Maya art: homogeneity of Maya art. -- The human form: subjects represented, poses and groupings, foreshortening and perspective, expression, and composition. -- The serpent: the origin of the serpent in art, zoological observations, idealization, the serpent in design, simplification, elaboration, elimination, substitution. -- The serpent and geometric art. -- The serpent in some of its religious aspects: the ceremonial bar, the Manikin scepter, the two-headed dragon, Composite types and miscellaneous variations, the serpent bird, the long-nosed God, The Roman-nosed God. -- Other subjects: the jaguar, birds and feathers, miscellaneous animals, bones and death, grotesque figures, the Maize God, other divinities, astronomical signs. -- II. Consideration of the material arts: architecture: assemblage, function of buildings, ground-plans, elevation plans, correlation of buildings, substructure, walls, vaults, roof structures, columns, cornices, doorways and wall openings, application of decoration, realistic decoration, mask panel, geometric decoration, stelae, altars, color, prototype of the Maya temple. -- Minor arts: ceramics, precious stones, metal working, basketry, textiles, tattooing, minor carvings, illuminated manuscripts. -- III. Chronological sequence: first epoch: statement of the problem, Copan, Table I. Chronological sequence of Copan monuments, facing; Tikal, earliest dated objects, Quirigua, Naranjo, Seibal, Yaxchilan, Piedras Negras, Palenque, other sites, summary of the first epoch. -- Second epoch: the period of the transition, the period of the league of Mayapan, the period of influence from the valley of Mexico, Correlation of Maya and Christian chronology, table II. Historical correlation of inscriptions and chronicles, facing; connection with other cultures, Maya influence in Nahua and Zapotecan art, chronological sequence of art in Mexico, pyramids, religious ideas connected with the serpent, symbolism and art, conclusion. -- Table of Nomenclature: ruins and monuments, codices.
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