IRL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Machu Picchu, Coatlicue, Codex Borgia

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Interior Design
• Course: IRL 100
• Professor: Janna Eggebeen

Document Summary

Around time of conquest, fell to spanish. See mythology of aztec- creation story with founding of empire at divinely sanctioned. Organization: tenochtitlan at center, 4 quadrant/directions representing old idea of representing entire world. Aztec: nomadic, regarded as primitive because violent. Style: flames of towns, place designations, each city see topping of pyramid. Divided into four quadrants, perception of universe configuration. Shaman priest at center, 4 directions with tree growing out = axis mundi. Codices: book of sheets of vellum stitched together, folded into accordion. 3 functions of codices: functional: instructions, practical, history: e. g. codex nutall re: tribe conquered by aztec, on display, legitimizing power/ruler, religious: most common. Each aztec god has its own page, show local gods and super gods. Page with god of death and god of life back to back - struggle, duality, constant battle over the underworld. Double temple for 2 major gods: huitzilopochtil and other god of rain. Headless, see snakes coming out, representing gushing blood.