| Description |
375 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 34 cm |
| Note |
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Aztec empire, curated by Felipe Solís, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 15, 2004-February 13, 2005"--T.p. verso. |
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"This exhibition is organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in collaboration with the Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (CONACULTA) and the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH)"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-374). |
| Contents |
Introduction / Felipe Solís -- Art in the Aztec empire: Traces of an identity / Beatriz de la Fuente -- Aztecs and the natural world: Basin of Mexico as a habitat for pre-Hispanic farmers / William T. Sanders -- Harmony between people and animals in the Aztec world / Mercedes de la Garza -- Aztecs and their ancestors: Precolumbian man and his cosmos / Felipe Solís -- Origins and forms of art in the Aztec empire / Felipe Solís -- Olmec / Ann Cyphers -- Teotihuacan / Linda Manzanilla -- Tula and the Tolteca / Richard A. Diehl -- Templo Mayor: Excavations at the Templo Mayor / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma -- Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan / Juan Alberto Román Berrelleza -- Aztec religion: Aztec religion : creation, sacrifice, and renewal / Karl Taube -- Axis mundi / Roberto Velasco Alonso -- Gods and rituals / Guilhem Olivier -- Painted books and calendars / Elizabeth Hill Boone -- Aztec society: Nobles and commoners / Michael E. Smith -- Everyday life in Tenochtitlan / Michael E. Smith -- Aztec empire: Aztec empire / Richard F. Townsend -- Provinces of the Aztec empire / Frances F. Berdan -- Population of the Mexico and Toluca valleys / Perla Valle Pérez -- Puebla and |
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Tlaxcala valleys / Verónica Velásquez -- Domain of Coatlapan / José Luis Rojas Martinez -- Mixteca / Nelly M. Robles Garcia -- Huaxteca and the Totonaca / Felipe Solís -- Tarascan empire: Tarascan empire / Phil C. Weigand -- Tarascan art / Roberto Velasco Alonso -- Fall of the empires: Conquest as seen by the Mexica-Aztecs / Miguel León-Portilla -- Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan / Pablo Escalante Gonzalbo -- Catalogue chekclist -- Bibliography. |
| Subject |
Aztecs -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions.
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Aztecs -- Antiquities. |
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Aztec art -- Exhibitions.
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Aztec art. |
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Aztecs -- Religion -- Exhibitions.
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Aztecs -- Religion. |
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Aztecs -- Origin -- Exhibitions.
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Aztecs -- Origin. |
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Aztecs -- History -- Exhibitions.
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Aztecs. |
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History. |
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Aztecs -- Social life and customs -- Exhibitions.
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Aztecs -- Social life and customs. |
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Mexico -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions.
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Mexico. |
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Antiquities. |
| Indexed Term |
Arqueología México Historia Catálogo y exposiciones |
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México Historia |
| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Solís Olguín, Felipe R.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
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Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexico)
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Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico)
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| ISBN |
0892073217 hardcover |
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0892073225 softcover |
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