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  • Country: Mexico
  • Category: Painting
  • Technique: Watercolour
  • Medium: Paper
  • Theme: Landscaping
  • Measurements: 23.62 x 35.43 in
  • At Artelista since:
  • Tags: acuarela, maya, chiapas, palenque, incensario

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Artwork description

Los mayas utilizaban en sus ritos incensarios ricamente ornamentados, donde quemaban el incienso o copal. A veces estas obras de arte eran utilizadas como ofrendas en la construcción de importantes edificios, donde eran enterradas o incorporadas a sus muros. Muchos de los incensarios encontrados en las excavaciones del centro ceremonial de Palenque, representan al Dios del Sol, Kinish Ahau, caracterizado por sus grandes ojos y nariz aguileña. Otros, como éste, muestran retratos naturalistas de personajes importantes o de la nobleza maya.

Artist information


Armando Romero Gomez was born on August 6, 1979 in Villahermosa, Tabasco, where he lives and works. He began drawing at a very young and with the help of their parents began to understand the basics of drawing.


His interest grew more and more to over the years. He studied Visual Arts at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro majoring in Graphic Design specialty, excelling in drawing and painting in the period 2001-2004.


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