1. Art of the Maya Maya: 2000 BC Maya art is considered by many to be the most sophisticated and beautiful of the ancient New World

3. Maya Art Depicts: Gods Great Rulers Heroes Religious Themes Daily Life

4. The Maya used natural materials to make their colors Minerals Plants Charcoal Iron – Rich Clay

5. Maya Painting

6. Maya Murals Maya Paintings on Plaster

7. Most Maya pottery was decorated with: Images of humans Animals Mythological creatures. Maya Pottery God being born from a seed

8. Clay and pigment Bowl, Jaguar in Motion decorates the outside of the Bowl Codex style vase

9. Vessel in the shape of an old man emerging from a snail shell Maya Late Classic (600-900 A.D.) Unknown Burnished and painted clay

11. Maya Sculpture Stone Wood Stucco Jade

12. Jade Mask Giant Stone Head Weighs 24 tons

13. A ballplayer in the act of hitting a ball with his hip and the text recounts the date of dedication of the ball court it was set in.

14. A small Maya stone sculpture used as an instrument to pound meats, nuts, and seeds

15. A reconstruction of the main temple at Copan clearly demonstrating how all Maya temples were brightly colored originally

16. A detail of the Dresden Codex, one of only 6 Maya codices, or painted books, to survive the Conquest

17. A page from the Madrid Codex

18. Mayan Hieroglyphics