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Society souring
Mayan art reveals Societ y souring
an elitist civilization May wants new values
THE BATTALION
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By HOLLY HLTCHIMSON
The art wort of the May as. which
has survixrd almost 5.000 years,
gives the impression of an elite
civilization, according to John
ljuraford. professor of art histnrs at
SMU.
lainsford. who is also curator of
the I>aBa\ M useum of Fine Arts,
spoke Friday night on “Mava Civili
zation Art and Architecture Rr\ eal a
Society ' His slide presentation and
lecture on the Maya cisilizabon de
picted “Art in Mans Esperience."
which was the last in the Cadlege o(
Liheral Arts senes. “A World for
Man**'
Concentration was placed on tlie
classic period of the Mayas which
was from 200-300 \ 13 to 900 A D
l.unsfnrd explained that liecause
“art is almost ahsas s dealing with tin-
elite ctsili/atton. one often gets a
one-sided view of the Maya world as
revealed in their architecture,
sculptures and vases He chose these
three kinds of art to resea! the soci
ety of the Mayas
The May as rem.iin techiMilogKalls
fn file Stone Age Lunsford said tins
would present their use of any inetai
tools in their stone and jade cars mgs
He said their simple tool kit prol>a-
l»l\ containeil jailc axes. Hints tul«u-
Lir drills of Imum* and l).imhoo. and
jade jaiwxler which was us«*d as an
abrasive to polish tlx- carsed
tiguniM-s
Jade is a very hard stone anil was
cxinsidered hy tin- Mayas to In- tlieir
most iirrciims material
Most of tin- vases wen- |Minted
(using mineral pigments), burnished
(polished with jade powder*, and
fired (subjected to heat I,’ Luiiskird
said Although tlieir fires were not
hot enough to produce a gla/.e. (In-
objects had a slight shine
The ceramic works have been
(mind in quantity, hut. Lunsford
said, as yet. no esidenee oi a kiln
(osen used kir baking or drying) has
liren Inuml
Lunsford said the Mayas created
hieroglyphics ta picture used to rep
resent a word 1 and many ol these
stone carvings were of aristocrats
who wen* distinguished hy tlwir arti
ficially flattened heads and lurge
noses. The babies heads were
liouiid at birth to produce a llattcm-d
effect On vases, the aristocrats wen-
painted a darker color than the lower
classes of people.
Although tin* facial leatun-s of tin-
aristocratic men and women were
quite similar in the art work, a dis
tinction could lie made as the men
had clipped hair and the women s
hair was shown over tlieir collars.
Many ul these carved ot painted
gures carried fans which were
* rule argued
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tin-
news media asked the Supreme
Court yesterday to bar lower courts
from restricting news coverage of
pending criminal tnals.
A Nebraska prosecutor argued
that the orders are needed to protect
the rights of defendants.
E Barrett Pretty man of Washing
ton, representing news media or
ganizations. said these orders were
becoming more frequent and he
knew of 11 ol them in the last six
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svmhols of amtncrarv and prnhahlv
authority . Lunsford said The lords
and pnests had strong features with
"assured and virtuallv arrogant ex
pressions. often seeming to he
preoccupied with tliought as they
jirohaliis were involved with the in
tellectual leaders fie said
"The rosal women were prolxihlv
ahead of their time.* lamsfnrd said,
explaining that the\ bad consider
able power and authontx Women
of royalty wen- even allowed to rule
if they had no heirs
Much of tfu- stone cars mg was aLo
repeated in the architecture of the
Mayas jaguars ami serpents wen-
popular carved images as thev had
some spiritual significants- for the
Mayas
Besides creating works of art.
Lunsford said the Mavas also de
veloped a writing system and elatm-
rate math system which mcl uded
zero.
"Their wntuig is one of the most
lieautiful and iaiKitu! writings de
veloped. ’ lie said.
Witnesses taped
in Marine s death
OCEANSIDE ( alii \P The
lawyer hir the lamilv oi Lvnn
McClure said Momlav he has inter
viewed two e\ Marines who helped
lieat McClure to death in a < l<>s«
ts>inl>.it thill in San Diego
\ttoriH-v joliii Cvorkos called a
new s conference to plav ta|M-d inter
views of two men lit- identified as
former Marine recruits who were
ordered to beat tin- 20-vear-old.
I 10-pounder Iroin I .iilkin, Tex tlur-
uig a pugil-stick tlnll at (lit Maniit-
Corps Bt-cruit Deimt
NlcClure vvas knocked uncon
scious last Deccinlier anti rcmainctl
in a ctiina until lit- tiled M.ireh Id
Bv C. E. COWART
Our snetetx has lost its sense of
freedom and values Dr Kollo Mav
said in a Great Issues speech last
night
Mav is a New York psvchoanalvst
and author w ho talkt-d about the pre
sent nature t»f man
May noted that our freedom ami
valiK-s interlocked ami that freedom
was necessary for having values
He defined freedom as the human
capacits to be aware of the stimuli
around us and to throw our weight
into a response to a certain stimulus.
Mav said if one wanted to lx- free he
must accept the possibility of a life* of
loneliness and misunderstanding
“People don t want the burden of
freedom, it takes courage to accept
the fact that you are free. Dr Mav
said. Freedom is also anxiety, its
w hat makes von trv to tin. and some
times unknowingly do, fx*tter. he
added
Mav said \mencans have noticed
something has gone wrong in our so-
ciety "We have achieved our first
two goals of our human education: to
cope with war and defense and to
deal with commerce and the power
of inonev But we have become
drunk on the paver of money. We
have failed to achieve the ultimate
goal to lx-come a nation mvolvi-d in
the humanities and the arts
Di Mav ch.u.u teiized this flaw in
\tnerica hv pointing nut losses of in
div (dualism. provaev anil
rationalism Individualism has Ixx-n
overtaken b\ cnnlnrinitv Mav said
Mav saiil pnvaiv has lx-i-n replaced
bv gossip, slander and lilx-l, and
rationalism is d\ mg or ahc.tdv dead
Mav said values are radieallv
changing.
"Our six-u-tv dix-s not hav»* th«-
stable values we need am! wi- can t
absorb outside values The old val
ues are going out and the new values
have not fully formed yet But with
our new set of values we must de
velop a new freedom ,
“We are now living m a time of
hopelessness with a lack of goals and
direction People have to practice
being human bv exercising their
freedom and learning right from
wrong. May said
May cited present-dax notables
who Itad failed to accomplish their
freedom He said the Watergate
criminals were well-adjusted crooks
who were victims of olx*dience He
said it was destructive that Ford had
pardoned Nixon, because Nixon
h.uln t become aware of his crimes
and was worse for it. Mav also said
Patricia Hearst was better for has mg
been found guilty because she would
now hav e a chance to solve her prob
lems.
Mav emphasized the inqxirtance
of using one’s freedom to select mdi-
v tdual values He says mans of to-
dav s society think of themselves as
well adjusted, but thev are fat. com
fortable and negligent of respon
sibilities to themselves.
Winning is not part of freedom.
Mav said. A sense of job. creativity
ami productiveness can be gamed in
our complex world without worrying
aixnit time. Max said.
The evidence for freer lorn cannot
lx- found outside
Mav.
•If." said
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