10616
Accession Number
35209
Author
Orea Magana, Haydee;Buitrago Sandoval, Gilberto;Gonzalez Correa, Olga Lucia
Title Of Article Chaper
Recientes intervenciones en Bonampak. Hacia una nueva lectura de los murals en el Templo de las Pinturas
Title Of Journal Book
Intervencion: Revista Internacional de Conservacion, Restauracion y Museologia
Volume
2
Issue
3
Pages
58-65
Collation
8 p. : ills.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references
Language Of Text
Spanish
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
In 2009, the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH) initiated a conservation project in the Maya archaeological site of Bonampak, which is located in the Lacandon Forest of Chiapas, Mexico. This project aimed at repairing the alterations produced in its monuments by regional seismic activity. In these circumstances, the presentation of the mural paintings of Temple 1 was analyzed and the specialists decided to make interventions to improve the reading of its very confused pictorial programme. Between August and December 2010, the mural paintings in the third room of Temple 1 were cleaned, revealing new figures as well as obscured designs; hence, a new reading of the pictorial works appeared. Analyzing this work, this article proposes to continue the restoration of all pictoric surfaces of the temple.
Keywords
restoration;mural;painting
pub_id
10616
Title Translation
Recent interventions in Bonampak. Towards a new reading of the mural in the Temple of the Paintings