Nombre: Ramón Alejandro Reyes Echave Matrícula: 2925467

Guillermo Macías 2836315

José Miguel Domínguez 2922701
Nombre del curso: Art & Culture Nombre del profesor: Stephanie
Rivas
Módulo: 2 Actividad: 4
Fecha: 10/03/2022
Bibliografía: cursos.tecmilenio.mx
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Differencenbetween(2018) mayan vs gregorian Recuperado de:
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1. Identify all the parts of the Mayan Calendar and explain its meaning.
The Mayan calendar was a time measurement system that used astronomical
information to record recurring cycles.
This system was composed of several types of calendars that were related to each
other. The most important were:
- The Haab Calendar
- The Tzolkin calendar
- The calendar wheels
The parts of this calendar the basic units of time measurement in the Mayan
calendar were:
Kin: equivalent to one Earth Day. Uinal: 20 kin. It is a unit equivalent to a month of
20 Earth days.
Tun: 360 kin. It is a cycle equivalent to a solar year, made up of 18 uinals or
“months” of 20 days.
Katun: 7200 kin. It is a cycle of 20 tunes (solar years) or 360 uinals (“months”).
Baktun: 144,000 kin. It is a cycle of 7200 uinals (“months”), 400 tuns (solar years)
or 20 katuns (20 solar year cycles)
 2. Design a graphic chart where you compare the structure of the Mayan
Calendar to the Gregorian calendar that we use nowadays.

MAYAN GREGORIAN

These calendars are cyclical in nature Is the most widely used and accepted
and require passing of a set number of calendar in the world. It is also called
days in each cycle before a new cycle the western calendar or the Roman
can begin.  calendar.

The reason why it is called Gregorian is

There are three dates in each day that
pertain to all three the Long Count, the
Haab, and the Tzolkin.
believed that each universal period in
Long Count to be of 2880000 days and
that the world gets destroyed with the
end of each such cycle.
It is this belief that has led many to
believe that the dooms day is near, and
it has been set as December 21, 2012.
because of the name of the person who
introduced it to the world in 1582. He
happened to be none other than
Gregory XIII the Pope.
Most of us are familiar with its features
such as it being a solar calendar
consisting of 365 days with the
calendar divided into 12 months of 30
and 31 days with February being the
shortest having just 28 days.
When Gregory took over as Pope,
there was too much of confusion
regarding the dates in the western
world though the earlier Julian calendar
was still serving the purpose.
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 Part 3
Now, look at the painting The Maids of Honor by Diego Velázquez. Watch the
people in the painting. Who are they? What are they doing? It is Felipe's family
that is seen together in which Diego Velazquez can be seen from behind who
painted himself reflecting as if he were painting us as if he were looking at us to
paint us it looks as if they were celebrating something because of their big and
beautiful dresses that carry
Talk about the movement in the painting, how it is depicted? Why are the
characters in that pose? What is the meaning of the red cross in the chest of
the painter? Because before in those times they were the fashion and they even
believed they were better because of their custom, etc.
What does the red cross on the painter's chest mean?
It is the Cross of Santiago, a distinction coveted for centuries by the greatest
nobles and knights.