State and Cosmos in the Art of Tenochtitlan

Erscheinungsjahr 1979
ISBN: 978-0-88402-083-7
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, Format (B × H): 197 mm x 268 mm, Gewicht: 235 g

Reihe: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology Studies Series

Richard Fraser Townsend offers an interpretation of major examples of Mexica monumental art by identifying three interrelated iconographic themes: the conception of the universe as a sacred structure, the correspondence of the social order and the territory of the nation with the cosmic structure, and the representation of Tenochtitlan as the historically legitimate successor to the civilization of the past.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Townsend, Ralph

Townsend, Richard Fraser

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Townsend, Richard Fraser
Richard Fraser Townsend, a noted expert on pre-Columbian culture, received his PhD from Harvard University for his work on the art of Tenochtitlan. He is a former curator of the Department of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago.