Contributions

  • Lyons, Claire L., 1955- - Contributor

Publication

2010 - J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California

Language

English

Word Count

24,500 words, Guess

Page Count

98 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781606060070
  • ISBN-101606060074
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009037555
  • OCLC Control Number437054121
  • Better World Books9781606060070
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC299.7/8452
  • LCCF1219.76.R45 P64 2010
  • LCCF1219.76.R45P64 2010

Description

"Exploring a defining moment of cultural encounter, this book offers points of departure for a comparative archaeology of empire. While many studies dwell on the Aztec gods and the bloody rituals performed in their horror, The Aztec Pantheon examines little-known episodes in which classicism mediated a dialogue both within and between Mesoamerica and Spain. The Spanish imagination of Rome and the memory of the Iberian Peninsula as a province of the Roman Empire were used to forge new understandings of Mexican society as well as to guide and critique Spain's imperial aims in the New World. The authors engage contemporary approaches to cross-cultural analogy, which sheds light on the function of monumental arts, religious spectacles, and consciously classicizing traditions within empires."--Jacket.

Subjects

Topics

RomeAztecsHistoryReligionExhibitionsRome, religionAztec sculpture

Places

Genres

  • Exhibitions

Other Editions

  • The Aztec pantheon and the art of empireJ. Paul Getty Museum2010-01-01

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