ART OF THE AMERICAS AFTER 1300

Focus: Aztec Art

Tenochtitlan today

Tenochtitlan Reconstruction

The Founding of Tenochtitlan, Page from Codex Mendoza. Aztec. 1545. Ink and color on paper. 21.5 x 31.5 cm.

Aerial view of the excavated layers of the Templo Mayor

Aztec Sun Stone

Basalt

Discovered 17 December 1790 at El Zócalo, Mexico City

Aztec Sun Stone occupies a place of honor in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.

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Feather Headdress of Moctezuma. Mexico. Aztec. Before 1519.

Aztec Sun Stone occupies a place of honor in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.

Native portrayals of sixteenth century jewelry, Codex Kingsborough