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ID: 300018103
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300018103

 

Record Type: concept
Provincial Highland (Colonial Latin American architecture styles, Colonial Latin American styles, ... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Refers to the culture, and the style of architecture prevalent in southern Chiapas, Mexico, southern Guatemala and Honduras, and western El Salvador. The style reflects Classic Mesoamerican monumentality and Teotichuacan ceramic detailing, and utilizes decorative Mesoamerican green volcanic glass. It is distinguished from more elaborate Lowland Maya styles in the lack of stele-altars and colonnaded areas, the reticent use of corbel arches for substructural tombs, and the scarcity of polychrome ceramics, lofty corbel-vaulted temple designs, and structures measuring celestial cycles.
 
Terms:
Provincial Highland (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,A)
Provincial Highland (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
Highland, Provincial (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Mestizo (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
高地省分風格 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
gāo dì shěng fèn fēng gé (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
gao di sheng fen feng ge (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
kao ti sheng fen feng ko (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
Estilo de las montañas (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  F.FL

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Styles and Periods Facet
Styles and Periods Facet
Hierarchy of Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
.... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <styles, periods, and cultures by region>
........ <styles, periods, and cultures by region> (G)
Hierarchy of Americas, The
............ Americas, The (G)
Hierarchy of Latin American
................ Latin American (G)
Hierarchy of Colonial Latin American styles
.................... Colonial Latin American styles (G)
Hierarchy of Colonial Latin American architecture styles
........................ Colonial Latin American architecture styles (G)
Hierarchy of Provincial Highland
............................ Provincial Highland (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 指盛行於墨西哥契亞帕斯省南部,瓜地馬拉南部與洪都拉斯,及薩爾瓦多西部的建築風格。該風格反映了古典時期中美洲紀念碑及特奧蒂瓦坎(Teotichuacan)金字塔上的陶飾,以及中美洲綠色火山玻璃的使用。有別於更精巧的低地馬雅風格(Lowland Maya styles),高地省分風格並無石碑聖壇(stele-altars)及列柱區(colonnaded areas),地下墓室中也極少使用突拱(corbel arches),且缺乏多色裝飾的陶器、高聳的圓形支承拱之廟宇設計,以及可測量天體循環之建物。 
Dutch ..... Verwijst naar de stijl van architectuur die gangbaar was in Zuid-Chiapas in Mexico, Zuid-Guatemala en Honduras, en westelijk El Salvador. De stijl weerspiegelt de klassieke Midden-Amerikaanse grootsheid en de Teotichuacaanse details in keramiek en maakt gebruik van decoratief Midden-Amerikaans groen vulkanisch glas. De stijl onderscheidt zich van de meer gedetailleerde laagland-Maya-stijlen door het ontbreken van stèle-altaren en zuilenrijen, het terughoudende gebruik van bogen op kraagstenen voor ondergrondse tomben, het zeldzame voorkomen van polychroom keramiek, imposante tempelontwerpen met pseudogewelven en structuren die overeenkomen met de cycli van hemellichamen. 
Spanish ..... Se refiere al estilo de arquitectura predominante en el sur de Chiapas, México, Guatemala y Honduras del sur, y El Salvador occidental. El estilo refleja la monumentalidad del Mesoamericano Clásico y el detalle de la cerámica de Teotichuacan, y utiliza vidrio volcánico verde Mesoamericano decorativo. Se diferencia del estilo más elaborado de la Tierras Bajas Maya en la falta de altares de estelas de piedra y áreas con columnatas, el uso reticente de arcos de viga salediza para las tumbas subestructurales, y la escasez de cerámicas policromadas, el diseño de templo con elevadas bóvedas de piedra salediza, y estructuras que miden los ciclos celestiales. 

Sources and Contributors:
高地省分風格............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Estilo de las montañas............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.........................................  TAA database (2000-)
gao di sheng fen feng ge............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.........................................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
gāo dì shěng fèn fēng gé............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.........................................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Highland, Provincial............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
kao ti sheng fen feng ko............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.........................................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Mestizo............  [VP]
.................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) "Maya: Highlands" Accessed 6/21/00
.................  Kubler and Soria, Art and Architecture in Spain (1959) 91
.................  Oxford Companion to Art (1984) 712
Provincial Highland............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...................................  Kubler and Soria, Art and Architecture in Spain (1959) 92
...................................  Oxford Companion to Art (1984) 713
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Legacy AAT data
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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