Aztec ArtAn introduction to Aztec art, looking at temple architecture, featherwork, mosaics, painted books, and sculptures. Examines Aztec society, its gods, rigid social classes, rulers, history, and poetry. |
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Ahuitzotl artists associated Aztec art Aztec empire Calendar Stone carved Chac Mool Chalco Chapultepec Chichimec cihuacoatl Coatlicue Codex Borbonicus codices Colorplate conquest Cortés costumes Coyolxauhqui Culhuacan cult culture deity dressed Durán eagle Early Colonial earth monster elite emblems excavations festivals figures figurines Fire Ceremony fire serpent glyphs goddess gods greenstone head headdress Huitzilopochtli iconography images jaguar Lake Texcoco Main Temple maize major monuments Malinalco manuscript Mask Mesoamerica Mexica Mexico City Mexico City Plate Mixtec Motecuhzoma Museo Nacional Museum für Völkerkunde Nacional de Antropología Nahuatl Nezahualcoyotl ornamented painted patron pottery preconquest priests pulque quetzal Quetzalcoatl rain Reed relief represent ritual ruler sacrifice Sahagún seated Spaniards statue Stone of Tizoc stone sculpture style symbol Temple of Huitzilopochtli Temple Stone Tenochtitlán Teotihuacán Tepanec Tetzcotzingo Tezcatlipoca Tizoc Tlaloc Tlatelolco Toltec tonalamatl tribute Tula turquoise mosaic twin pyramid Valley of Mexico Veracruz vessels warriors Xochimilco