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Ancient Animation of Pakal at Palenque Paleoanimation of a Maya Sculpture

The paleoanimation series by Charles Johnson and Jorge Luna Martínez of Earth/matriX of ancient animated sculptures presents the animation of the ruler Pakal of Palenque, Mexico. Pakal, the Ancient Astronaut presented on www.paleoanimation.us follows the paleoanimation of the Aztec Calendar. Pakal was one of the ancient rulers of the Maya. The ancient Maya artwork presents the concept of animated movement in the design of the Pakal sculpture.



The Pakal sculpture is generally interpreted as a ruler clutched in the claws of a fleshless monster. The Earth/matriX paleoanimation illustrates a distinct interpretation of the Pakal sculpture as possibly representing some kind of space transport vehicle.



When we think of animation in film today, we think of the early years of cartoons in the first half of the twentieth century. The conceptualization of animated art did not begin in the twentieth century. Johnson and Luna show that the ancients designed animation into their artwork. The paleoanimation did not simply string together a series of animation images as in that of the Burnt City. The ancient paleoanimators employed a single cell design to communicate the numerous views of a storyboard.



The paleoanimation of Pakal, the Ancient Astronaut, illustrates the inner working of the space vehicle within which Pakal is seated. The animation by Johnson and Luna suggests how the vehicle may have been designed for flight.



The Earth/matriX series of paleoanimations will be presenting ancient animations from various cultures around the world. There exist many different examples of ancient artwork that have the concept of animation designed in them. The paleoanimations created and produced by Earth/matriX are based upon the studies of math and geometry in ancient artwork carried out by Johnson and put into animation by Luna.

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