Murals of Cacaxtla: The Power of Painting in Ancient Central Mexico - Brittenham

by Claudia Brittenham

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First edition

This is the first comprehensive art historical study of some magnificent Mesoamerican murals, this book demonstrates how generations of ancient Mexican artists, patrons, and audiences created a powerful statement of communal identity that still captures the imagination. Between AD 650 and 950, artists at the small Central Mexican city-state of Cacaxtla covered the walls of their most important sacred and public spaces with dazzling murals of gods, historical figures, and supernatural creatures. Testimonies of a richly interconnected ancient world, the Cacaxtla paintings present an unexpectedly deep knowledge of the art and religion of the Maya, Zapotec, and other distant Mesoamerican peoples. Painted during a period of war and shifting alliances after the fall of Teotihuacan, the murals’ distinctive fusion of cosmopolitan styles and subjects claimed a powerful identity for the beleaguered city-state. This is a pre owned hardcover in fine condition. The top of the dustjacket is creased.

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Year: 2015
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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