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The Aztec pantheon and the art of empire
- Title
- The Aztec pantheon and the art of empire / John M.D. Pohl and Claire L. Lyons.
- Author
- Pohl, John M. D.
- Publication
- Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, ©2010.
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- Description
- xi, 98 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 27 cm
- Summary
- "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
- Mexico
- Syncretism (Religion)
- Aztec gods in art
- Aztec sculpture
- Gods, Roman, in art
- Syncretism (Religion) > Mexico > Exhibitions
- Aztec gods in art > Exhibitions
- Rome > Religion > Exhibitions
- Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540 > Religious aspects > Exhibitions
- 1519-1540
- Conquest of Mexico (1519-1540)
- Aztec sculpture > Exhibitions
- Exhibition catalogs
- Rome (Empire)
- Religious aspects
- Religion
- Gods, Roman, in art > Exhibitions
- Aztecs > Religion > Exhibitions
- History
- Gods, Greek, in art > Exhibitions
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- History.
- Note
- "This publication is issued in conjunction with the exhibition, The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire, on view in the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa in Malibu, from March 24 through July 5, 2010"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Origins and growth of the Aztec empire -- Conquistadors, missionary orders, and the classical heritage -- Parallel pantheons -- Art and empire : from Roman Hispania to New Spain.
- Call Number
- JFF 16-1134
- ISBN
- 9781606060070
- 1606060074
- LCCN
- 2009037555
- OCLC
- 437054121
- Author
- Pohl, John M. D.
- Title
- The Aztec pantheon and the art of empire / John M.D. Pohl and Claire L. Lyons.
- Imprint
- Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, ©2010.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: UCLA. EXHIBITION CATALOG.
- Chronological Term
- 1519-1540
- Added Author
- Lyons, Claire L., 1955-J. Paul Getty Museum.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 16-1134