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Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay — Palace of the Circus at Chicen-Itza (bas relief of tigers)

Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay

Palace of the Circus at Chicen-Itza (bas relief of tigers)

1860

Part of Charnay's systematic documentation of Maya sites, this photograph reveals the sophisticated artistic traditions of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilization.

Medium
albumen print from collodion negative

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Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay, Palace of the Circus at Chicen-Itza (bas relief of tigers), 1860

Part of Charnay's systematic documentation of Maya sites, this photograph reveals the sophisticated artistic traditions of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilization.

Medium
albumen print from collodion negative
Year
1860
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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French, Albumen Print, Archaeological, Documentary, 19th Century, Landscape, Historical, Detailed, Sepia, Architecture

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