These six small plaques each illustrates an image of a Mesoamerican god or goddess from an Aztec codex. While the brass and wooden plaques are 20th-century works by Aztec Mestizo artists, the images on them are accurate depictions of traditional Aztec codex paintings. A codex (plural: codices) is a form of book used to record history, mythological stories, and the calendar … [Read more...] about Mesoamerican Codex Images of Aztec Gods and Goddesses by Hannah Robinson and Kassidy Watts
The plaques in this display illustrate colorfully painted brass figures, each on a blackened wooden base. The images portrayed on these wooden plaques are reproductions of characters found in Mesoamerican codices, or screenfold books, that were used to record histories, the calendar system, and religious belief systems. The clear style and depiction of the figures indicates … [Read more...] about Aztec/Mixtec Codex Images of Deities, in Reproduction: Researched by Katie Kimbrough
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures were known for recording their histories, their religious stories, their calendar, and even their tribute listings as codices, which in the Mesoamerican world took the form of screenfold books. While the Maya developed a complex system of hieroglyphic writing, other Mesoamerican cultures developed systems of recording information … [Read more...] about Codex Images of Aztec Deities: Researched by Lauren Fitzpatrick