08 Aug Archaeology Magazine by Roger Atwood on the Templo Mayor and discuss the style of Aztec art, its lack of realism
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View the stone works by the Aztecs in your textbook and read the article cited below from Archaeology Magazine by Roger Atwood on the Templo Mayor and discuss the style of Aztec art, its lack of realism (or idealization for that matter, unlike the Greeks), and its monstrous appearance, particularly with the Coatlicue statue which shocked Spaniards, who then reburied the statue.
Atwood, R. (2014, June 9). Templo Mayor – Archaeology Magazine. Templo Mayor – Archaeology Magazine. Retrieved from http://archaeology.org/issues/143-features/mexico-city//2206-under-mexico-city-templo-mayor
