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This important new book documents the splendid artistic legacy of the Aztecs, an extraordinary people who, in the space of only 200 years from 1325 to 1521, created one of the most impressive civilizations in the world. Published to accompany one of the greatest exhibitions of Aztec culture ever seen, this comprehensive volume with over 500 superb colorplates presents works of turquoise, gold, and jade, polychrome ceramics, illustrated codices and manuscripts, and monumental stone and wood sculptures. Nine authoritative essays written by a team of renowned scholars from Mexico, Britain, and the United States explore the Aztecs' view of the cosmos and their place within it, their religious beliefs, rulers, philosophy and literature, techniques of warfare, and day-to-day life. This book will stand as the definitive book on the Aztecs for years to come.… (more)
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Book split into 11 major sections for the exhibition each with a short introduction which
9 main essays: 1) Introduction, 2) Aztecs' search for the past, 3) Cosmovision, religion and calendar, 4) Society - economy, tribute and warfare, 5) The Templo Mayor - the great temple and warfare 6) Art at the time of the Aztecs 7) Aztec codices, literature & philosophy, 8) The Conquest, 9)Exhibitions and collectors in Britain