The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire

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When the Aztec Empire emerged to dominate central Mexico from 1460 to 1519, vast amounts of tribute wealth flowed into the capital city of Tenochtitlan, enabling artists and architects to create sophisticated works on a monumental scale. Confronting a civilization without precedent, some Spanish conquistadors and missionaries looked to the classical past for explanations and parallels were drawn between two great empires–the Aztec and the Roman.
Whilst many studies dwell on the Aztec gods and the bloody rituals performed of their honor, this groundbreaking book examines little-known episodes by which classicism mediated a dialogue both inside of and between Mesoamerica and Spain. The authors have interaction up to date approaches to cross-cultural analogy, shedding light on the serve as of monumental arts and spiritual spectacles and consciously classicizing traditions inside of empires. A foreword by Leonardo Lopez Lujan, director of the Proyecto Templo Mayor, places the comparison of Aztec and Roman empires in historical context. The publication accompanies an exhibition celebrating the bicentennial of Mexican Independence on view from March 25 to July 5, 2010, on the J. Paul Getty Museum on the Getty Villa.

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