| Note: |
K42 |
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| Object Name: |
Bee sucking the honey of a flower and a song scroll in the Paradise Gardens |
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| Culture: |
Colonial Mexican |
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| Location: |
Monastery of the Purification, Malinalco, Mexico |
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| Image source: |
© Dr. Manuel Aguilar |
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Although the wall paintings in the cloister contain many birds and butterflies, the abstracted bee forms in the vault frescoes are the most direct native reference to the interpretation of the Malinalco garden images as an afterlife. While in style the bee motifs and the song scrolls in the Malinalco vaults closely follow preconquest forms and cannons, their meaning ultimately converged with Christian symbolism.
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