Pre-Columbian Art

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Aztec (Mexica): Art and Empire

Teocalli of Sacred Warfare, stone, c.1507

Templo Mayor, ceremonial center, Tenochtitlan, 1390-1521

 

Tlaloc side:

Chacmool, Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan, c. 1431-54

         c.f. Toltec chacmool from Tula

         Chacmool, Tenochtitlan, c.1500

 

Tlaloc vessel, Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan, c. 1431-54

         c.f. Teotihuacan Tlaloc/ storm god vessel, c.200-750

 

Huitzilopochtli side:

Coyolxauhqui, Templo Mayor, c. 1450-1500 (stone)

 

Coatlicue, Tenochtitlan, c.1487-1520

c.f. Coatlicue, c.1502-20

 

Works from before:

Founding of Tenochtitlan, Codex Mendosa, c.1525

Cosmological Diagram, Codex Fejˇrvary-Mayer (Aztec/Mixtec), 1400-1521

Calendar Stone, Tenochtitlan, c.1502-1519

 

Terms:

Tenochtitlan, founded c.1345; Imperial phase c.1426-1521

Triple Alliance = Texcoco, Tlacopan, and Tenochtitlan

Eagle Warriors

N: Tezcatlipoca, S: Huitzilopochtli, E: Xipe-totec, W: Quetzalcoatl

Moctezuma II (1502-1521)

Tonatecatepetl (Tlaloc's hill)

Coatepec Hill (Huitzilopochtli, Coatlicue, and Coyolxauhqui)