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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
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ART OF THE AMERICAS AFTER 1300 Focus: Aztec Art
The Founding of Tenochtitlan, Page from Codex Mendoza. Aztec. 1545. Ink and color on paper. 21.5 x 31.5 cm.
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. Read More http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/12/dayintech_1217#ixzz14jCaCp64
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