Art of Aztec Mexico: Treasures of TenochtitlanThe exhibition was a joint project of the National Gallery with the pre-Columbian department of Dumbarton Oaks. It was organized by Elizabeth Boone and H.B. Nicholson, University of California, Los Angeles. The installation was designed by Gaillard Ravenel and Mark Leithauser, who also coordinated the exhibition together with Dodge Thompson. Gordon Anson designed the lighting. |
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Abhandlungen zur Amerikanischen Acatl Reed Ahuitzotl Alfonso Caso Amerikanischen Sprach annotation antiguos Aztec Aztec art band Berlin body British Museum carved Caso circular Codex collection colossal Cortés Coyolxauhqui creature cuauhxicalli decorated deity depicted displays Dumbarton Oaks Dupaix eagle Earth Monster Easby edited by Eduardo Eduard Seler Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Ehecatl exhibition eyes face feathered serpent fertility figure Found in Mexico Galindo y Villa Gesammelte Abhandlungen goddess gold head headdress Height Historia Huitzilopochtli iconography inlays maize Malinalco mask ment Mesoamerican Mexican Mexico City Mexico Tenochtitlan monument mosaic motifs mouth Museo Nacional Museum für Völkerkunde Museum of Art Nacional de Antropología Nacional de México Nahuatl Oaxaca offertory caches ornament piece Pre-Columbian pre-Hispanic pulque Quetzalcoatl rattlesnake relief represent ritual sculpture seum shell snake stone strips stylized symbol Templo Mayor Tenochtitlan Tepeyollotl Tezcatlipoca tion Tlaloc Tlaltecuhtli Toltec ture turquoise underside vessel wears width worn Xipe Totec xiuhcoatl Xochipilli Xolotl