Main entry:

Pohl, John M. D., author.

Title & Author:

The Aztec pantheon and the art of empire / John M.D. Pohl and Claire L. Lyons.

Publication:

Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2010]
©2010

Description:

xi, 98 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm

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 24 through July 5, 2010"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Origins and growth of the Aztec empire -- Conquistadors, missionary orders, and the classical heritage -- Parallel pantheons -- Art and empire : from Roman Hispania to New Spain.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

9781606060070 (hardcover)
1606060074 (hardcover)

Subject:

Aztecs Religion Exhibitions.
Aztec gods in art Exhibitions.
Aztec sculpture Exhibitions.
Gods, Roman, in art Exhibitions.
Gods, Greek, in art Exhibitions.
Syncretism (Religion) Mexico Exhibitions.
Aztèques Religion Expositions.
Dieux aztèques dans l'art Expositions.
Sculpture aztèque Expositions.
Dieux romains dans l'art Expositions.
Dieux grecs dans l'art Expositions.
Syncrétisme Mexique Expositions.
Aztec gods in art.
Aztec sculpture.
Aztecs Religion.
Gods, Greek, in art.
Gods, Roman, in art.
Religion.
War Religious aspects.
Syncretism (Religion)
Rome Religion Exhibitions.
Mexico History Conquest, 1519-1540 Religious aspects Exhibitions.
Rome Religion Expositions.
Mexique Histoire 1519-1540 (Conquête) Aspect religieux Expositions.
Mexico.
Rome (Empire)

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Lyons, Claire L., 1955- author.
J. Paul Getty Museum, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273527
Call No.: BIB 207170
Status: Available