Mitla, Mexico 1859, by Desire Charnay (1828-1915). Title: "Corner of courtyard in Mexican ruin at Mitla." From the Metropolitan Museum (www.metmuseum.org).
Mitla, Oaxaca 1926 by Edward Weston. Weston wrote about Mitla:
"I am not one who can view ruins no matter how magnificent, and these were, with the same thrill of pleasure that comes from discovering a fine contemporary creation, though it be only a five-cent piece of pottery.
"But I was fascinated by the stone mosiacs of Mitla, for besides a variation on the Greek fret, there was a unique pattern,–oblique lines of dynamic force,–flashes of stone lightning, which remain my strongest memory of Mitla" (Daybooks Vol. 1 pg. 169).
Mitla, Oaxaca by Veronica Miranda on May 25, 2008.
Mitla, Oaxaca by Ryan Anderson on May 25, 2008.
Mitla, Oaxaca by Ryan Anderson on May 25, 2008.
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