CHICANO 188 Study Guide - Final Guide: Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Teocalli, Tenochtitlan

• School: UCLA
• Department: Chicana and Chicano Studies
• Course: CHICANO 188
• Professor: guerrero

Document Summary

Emily umberger, art history and the aztec empire: Establish chronology for sculptures in the late metropolitan style. Tizoc, ahuiztol, and montezuma ii (monuments include most important aztec sculptures the. Teocalli of sacred warfare and the calendar stone. Other sculptures are dated on the basis of hieroglyphic dates, style and imagery. Dates on sculptures: refer to speci c events, highly symbolic refer to events in different cycles and ceremonial days, and the calendric names of gods. Main events: main temple building, dedication ceremony , inauguration of an aqueduct, ensuing ood, death of ahuiztol, and the new re ceremony and calendric reform. Changes in iconography through time re ect general trends and demands of the occasion. others are personal concerns of the ruler. Evacuations of templo mayor in mexico city provided important achaeological data and explained data on the control of the aztec empire. Symbolism: correlated with ceremonial center of the aztec capital.