Aztec art / Esther Pasztory.

Main entry:

Pasztory, Esther.

Title & Author:

Aztec art / Esther Pasztory.

Edition:

Oklahoma paperbacks ed.

Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1998]

Description:

335 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm

Notes:
Originally published: New York : Abrams, 1983.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-322) and index.
Historical and Cultural Background -- A Definition of Aztec Art -- Aztec Architecture and Cliff Sculpture -- The Major Monuments of Tenochtitlan -- Codices -- Stone Sculpture -- Lapidary Arts -- Wood Sculpture and Turquoise Mosaic -- Featherwork -- Terracotta Sculpture -- Ceramics

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive book on Aztec art: eleven chapters illustrated with seventy-five superb color plates and hundreds of photographs, supplemented by maps and diagrams. Temple architecture, majestic stone sculpture carved without metal tools, featherwork and turquoise mosaic, painted books, and sculptures in terra cotta and rare stones - all are here. Pasztory has placed these major works of Pre-Columbian art in a historical context, relating them to the reigns of individual rulers, events in Aztec history, and the needs of different social groups from the elite to the farmer. She focuses on the little-known aspects of the aesthetics, poetry and humanity of the Aztecs.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0806125365
9780806125367

Subject:

Aztec art.
Aztecs History.
Art aztèque.
Aztèques Histoire.
Aztecs.
Art précolombien Mexique.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 204742
Call No.: F1219.76.A78 P37 1998
Status: Available

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