Frescos De Bonampak

Description

When Bonampak was constructed it was a site of average or little importance; however, today it is one of the most comprehensive collections of Mayan paintings providing historians with vital information.

Discovered in 1946 it is situated on the edge of the Lancandon Forest in Chiapas, Mexico. The paintings consist of battle depictions, brutality and cruelty, a fertility dance (the music performed on trumpets, turtle shells and rattles), human sacrifice, judgement and torture of prisoners, the sovereign Chaan-Muan, constellations (including a cosmic monster), and daily life and dress.

Instrumentation: 4 Euphoniums & 4 Tubas

Published by: RBC Publications