The Colossal Head

Huge heart When thinking about the art of ancient Egypt, we think about the ever-changing stone statue, pieces of ancient architecture, and faded pictures of animals in dark caves and caves. These ancient ruins are all part of Egyptian culture formed in the Egyptian era. Their work of art not only reveals their religion, rituals, culture but also the foundation of the development and promotion of art. The huge avatar in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of many early sculptures in Egypt.

First of all, Olmes left a lot of art. The most famous of them is the so-called "giant". These expressions of the human head are inscribed from basalt rocks and at least 17 such objects have been found. A huge head height of 1 to 3 meters seems to represent a common theme. In other words, the cheek of a mature man is fleshy, the nose is flat, his eyes are slightly intersecting. By the way, these physical characteristics are still common in Veracruz and Tabasco, suggesting that a huge head may be representative of Olmec himself. Given the amount of resources needed to produce such items, these heads describe the Olmec elite or ruler, and probably the Cambodian Angkor Tom Jayavarman VII's huge avatar It can be inferred that it is used like.

Little is known about the social or political structure of the Olmec society. Most researchers believe that huge avatars and some other sculptures represent rulers, but they are like Mayan stones that nominate specific rulers and provide their control I did not find a date. Instead, archaeologists rely on data they own, such as large and small field surveys. These provide substantial evidence for San Lorenzo first, then La Venta Olmec region - other Olmec ruins are not near these places with regard to the area or number and quality of buildings and sculptures.

The evidence of Central America's earliest ruler came from San Lorenzo's famous skull. Engraved from long distance imported basalt, these are depicting a man with a patient face and a unique hat. Olmec's naturalism, realized with a megalithic portrait, is the power of the kingdom related to the football game of Central America (1978.412.39), and the mobiles like a sitting person (2008.637) and an unusual person (1989.392) It also extends to stone carvings for. ) Depiction. In San Lorenzo there is no grave found and some examples of Olmec's writing have not yet failed so the identity of potential leaders and residents in this important place has not been discovered yet.