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By Gregory Mirow

Aztec calendars, gods of medication and battle, animals, mythological characters, and ratings of different amazing photographs from the pre-Columbian international are at your fingertips during this treasury of permission-free paintings. Comprising a colourful compilation of 240 meticulously reproduced designs from old Mexico, this quantity abounds in distinct portrayals of individuals in ritual costumes, gadgets from ceremonial and lifestyle, and plenty of different beautiful and crowd pleasing motifs.
The designs were tailored from actual resources together with bas-relief fragments from Chichén Itzá, ornate architectural info from historical codices, Maya hieroglyphs, masks panels from numerous diversified temples, Olmec pottery figures, a mural from Teotihuacán, and various others.

From the serpentine beauty of a masks of Quetzalcóatl to the dynamic renderings of athletes at play on old ball courts, those intricately particular photographs promise so as to add unique and interesting taste to brochures, menus, newsletters, and catalogs, in addition to a number of paintings and craft initiatives. Browsers and devotees of pre-Columbian artwork also will welcome this wealthy collection of dramatic illustrations.

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