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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], ©2010.

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  • Lyons, Claire L., 1955-
  • J. Paul Getty Museum.
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."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Aztecs > Religion > Exhibitions
  • Aztec gods in art > Exhibitions
  • Aztec sculpture > Exhibitions
  • Gods, Roman, in art > Exhibitions
  • Gods, Greek, in art > Exhibitions
  • Syncretism (Religion) > Mexico > Exhibitions
  • Rome > Religion > Exhibitions
  • Mexico > Religious aspects > Conquest, 1519-1540 > Exhibitions
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"--T.p. 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.
ISBN
  • 9781606060070 (hardcover)
  • 1606060074 (hardcover)
LCCN
2009037555
OCLC
  • ocn437054121
  • 437054121
  • SCSB-14545402
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries