Art Across Cultures: Americas

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Aztec Art, 1400-1525

Founding of Tenochtitlan, in Codex Mendoza, c.1525

Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan sacred precinct, 1400-1525

Ritual Vessel Depicting Mask of Tlaloc, from the Templo Mayor, 1400-1525

Coatlicue, from the Templo Mayor, 1487-1525

Coyolxauhqui, from the Templo Mayor, 1450-1525

Terms:

Aztec, Mexica, Chichimeca, Nahuatl

Tolteca, Valley of Mexico

Lake Texcoco, Aztlan

Tlaloc, Huitzilopochtli

Coyolxauhqui, Coatlicue

Chacmool

Sustenance Mountain and Coatepec Hill (Snake hill)