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Back (west) facade and south
end; the frieze runs around the entire building; the earliest restoration project at Uxmal was the restoration of the exterior of the Governor's Palace in 1927.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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Front (east) facade; this frieze is the largest, most impressive example of Maya architectural sculpture, composed of over 15,000 mosaic pieces of carved stone, complexly but coherently organized.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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Front facade and north end;
the last major sturcture completed at Uxmal; recognized as
a structure "of incomparble nobility and balance"
(Gendrop, p.198).
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens) |
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1843. Ground plan of entire extent of Great Platform with Governor's Palace.
Scanned from
Stephens, Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, 1843; closely based on Catherwood’s 1841-42 on-site drawing. |
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1885. “Palace of the Governor at Uxmal.”
Scanned from Charnay, Les anciennes villes du nouveau monde, 1885; closely based on Charnay's 1882 photographs. |
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1975. Elevation and plan of original structure, showing open passageways between front and back.
Scanned
from George F. Andrews, Maya Cities, Placemaking and Urbanization, 1975, p. 44. Reproduced with permission of the University of Oklahoma Press. |
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1915. Partly interpretive painting,
"Ruins of Uxmal," by Carlos Vierra, commissioned
for the 1915 San Diego Exposition
1915 (photo May 2000) |
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Detail of painting at left;
Governor's Palace, impressively recreated by the artist previous
to the 1927 restoration of the facade by the Mexican government
1915 (photo May 2000) |
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Signature of the painter,
Carlos Vierra, detail in lower-right corner of painting
1915 (photo May 2000) |
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Engraved jade found in front of Governor's Palace
Scanned from original 35mm slide in Pre-Columbian Collection, Dumbarton Oaks; Reproduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. |
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Painted stucco head found in room of Governor's Palace
Scanned from original 35mm slide in Pre-Columbian Collection, Dumbarton Oaks; Reprooduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. |
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Painted stucco head found in room of Governor's Palace
Scanned from original 35mm slide in Pre-Columbian Collection, Dumbarton Oaks; Reproduced Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.
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