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Castillo from the Perpendicular, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
198220th century
404 x 506 mm (15.9 x 19.9 in.)
Marilyn Bridges, American, b. born 1948
Object Type:
photograph
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print
Series:
Number 8 from portfolio of sixteen prints Heightened Perspectives: Marilyn Bridges
Edition:
From portfolio no. 28 of 50 published by DEP Editions, Ltd.; the portfolio consists of sixteen aerial photographs.
Marks:
Signed in pencil on verso, lower center: “© Marilyn Bridges 1982”; inscribed in pencil on verso, lower center: “Castillo from Perpendicular, Yucatan”
Bibliography:
See two Bridges monographs: Markings: Aerial Views of Sacred Landscapes (New York: Aperture, 1986), see pp. 32–35 on Yucatán and Chiapas, and reproduction on p. 39, and The Sacred & Secular: A Decade of Aerial Photography (New York: International Center for Photography, 1990), this image cat. no. 14, reproduced on pp. 16 and 56.
Credit Line:
Gift of Philippe M. Salomon (BA Wesleyan 1970), 1995
Accession Number:
1995.44.8
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- aerial photographs - Use for photographs of the earth taken from aircraft. For photographs taken from beyond the earth's atmosphere, use "space photographs." For photographs of celestial bodies or astronomical phenomena, use "astrophotographs." [April 1992 descriptor moved.]
- aerial views - Use to designate views achieved by photographing from an aircraft or other high location. When emphasizing the photograph itself, use "aerial photographs." For nonphotographic depictions having high viewpoints, use "bird's-eye views" or "bird's-eye perspectives." [April 1991 descriptor moved.]
- architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
- Latin America - TGN 4006155 (general region)
- Mexico - TGN 7005560
- monuments
Dimensions
- image Dimensions: 404 x 506 mm (15.9 x 19.9 in.)
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Credit Caption
Marilyn Bridges, American, b. born 1948 . Castillo from the Perpendicular, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, 1982. From Heightened Perspectives: Marilyn Bridges. Gelatin silver print. image : 404 x 506 mm (15.9 x 19.9 in.). DAC accession number 1995.44.8. Gift of Philippe M. Salomon (BA Wesleyan 1970), 1995.