The Aztec pantheon and the art of empire
By: John M.D. Pohl and Claire L. Lyons.
Contributors: Lyons, Claire L., 1955-
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9781606060070
Subjects: Aztecs -- Religion -- Exhibitions; Aztec gods in art -- Exhibitions; Aztec sculpture -- Exhibitions; Rome -- Religion -- Exhibitions; Gods, Roman, in art -- Exhibitions; Gods, Greek, in art -- Exhibitions; Syncretism (Religion) -- Mexico -- Exhibitions; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540 -- Religious aspects -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Description: "Exploring a defining moment of cultural encounter, this book offers points of departure for a comparative archaeology of empire. While many studies dwell on the Aztec gods and the bloody rituals performed in their horror, The Aztec Pantheon examines little-known episodes in which classicism mediated a dialogue both within and between Mesoamerica and Spain. The Spanish imagination of Rome and the memory of the Iberian Peninsula as a province of the Roman Empire were used to forge new understandings of Mexican society as well as to guide and critique Spain's imperial aims in the New World. The authors engage contemporary approaches to cross-cultural analogy, which sheds light on the function of monumental arts, religious spectacles, and consciously classicizing traditions within empires."--Jacket.
Notes: "This publication is issued in conjunction with the exhibition, The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire, on view in the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa in Malibu, from March 25 through July 5, 2010"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.