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Mesoamerican Marvels: Art and Architecture of the Aztec and Mayan Civilizations 

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Their sculptures and carved stelae, for example, often included stylized iconography that paired human features with those of animals like the jaguar. This use of jade was common among Mayan artists for such sculptures or body adornments for elite members of society, thus equating natural materials with elevated status.

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Walter Gropius: the Visionary Master of Modernism

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Gropius was invited to head up this new, radical-sounding institution where painting, sculpture, architecture and design all lived together under one roof, working towards a utopian ideology. Gropius asked that the building be reimagined as the Bauhaus State School and so the innovative cultural movement began in 1919.It