Altera Roma: Art and Empire from Mérida to Mexico (Monographs)

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Altera Roma explores the war of words of 2 cultures, European and Amerindian, and two empires, Spanish and Aztec. In an age of exploration and conquest, Spanish infantrymen, missionaries, and merchants brought an array of cultural preconceptions. Their encounter with Aztec civilization coincided with Europe’s rediscovery of classical antiquity, and Tenochtitlán came to be regarded a “second Rome,” or altera Roma. Iberia’s past because the Roman province of Hispania served to both guide and critique the Spanish in another country mission. The dialogue that emerged between the Old World and the New World shaped a dual heritage into the original culture of Nueva España. On this volume, ten eminent historians and archaeologists read about the analogies between empires widely separated in time and place and imagine how monumental art and architecture created “theater states,” a technique that links ancient Rome, Hapsburg Spain, preconquest Mexico, and other imperial regimes.

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