The Art and Architecture of Mexico: From 10,000 B.C. to the Present Day |
Contents
The Maya Miracle | 15 |
Teotihuacán City of the Gods | 22 |
Conquest Christianity and the Arts | 28 |
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Academy altar anthropomorphic architect architecture artists Baroque base Bellas Artes buildings built caracoles carved Cathedral Central America century ceremonial centre chamber chapel Chichén Itzá church Classical colonial colours columns cornice court cult culture cupola decoration deities designed Diego Rivera epoch façade face figures frieze funerary gods groups Guadalajara Guanajuato houses human Instituto Nacional jade jaguar José Chávez José Chávez Morado Juan La Venta Manuel mask Maya Mexican Mexico City Mitla Monte Albán monumental mouldings mural painting Nahua native niches Oaxaca Olmec ornamentation Orozco painters palace Palenque panels pillars Plateresque platform Plaza plumed serpent portals portico portraits pre-Hispanic priests Puebla Pyramid Quadrangle Quetzalcoatl rain-god reliefs religious represented retable ritual roof San Luis Potosí sculpted sculpture side Siqueiros social Spanish staircase stands statue steles stone style symbols Tajín temples Tenochtitlán Teotihuacán terraces Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli Tláloc Tlapacoya Toltec Totonacs Tula Uxmal vaults Venta Veracruz walls warriors Yucatán Zapotec