Mana

Do you know that Museo Fred Friedrich has one of the most important d ´oeuvre that Speech about Faith in Human-being ? If you are interest in this topic come and visit Mana Permanente Exhibition. 

At the Saal  Mana Serie together with Kop-los Serie, the visitor will have an experiencie between paintings and bronze sculpture where the in the Americas, Maya blue was used as a colorant in pre-Columbian artworks, sculptures, murals, and textiles , and to illuminate Mesoamerican codices For example, many illustrations in the Florentine Codex written by Bernardino de Sahagún contain the Maya blue color.

• The use of Maya blue was corroborated in the GrolierCodex, and helped to authenticate the document, now known as Codex Maya of Mexico.
• Recent research also suggests Maya blue may have played an important role in human sacrifices to Chaac at Chichén Itzá, both produced at the sacrificial site and used to paint the bodies of the victims.
• Maya blue is associated with the center of a flame. Holding the most heat and therefore the most tonalli, the blue color is considered precious.