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

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Beschreibung

List of Illustrations and Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Cacaxtla in Context

The Acropolis and Its Paintings
Greater Cacaxtla-Xochitécatl
Diego Muñoz Camargo's Description of Cacaxtla
Problems of Evidence
Between Powerful Neighbors
Cacaxtla among the Epiclassic City-States
Art and Identity
Chaos Again

2. The Murals

Materials and Techniques
Artists
Chronology

3. The Feathered Serpent and the Captive Stair: Polemics of Style

The Serpent Corridor

Feathered Serpents
Aquatic Borders
Feathered Serpents and Aquatic Borders
The Afterlife of the Feathered Serpent

The Captive Stair

Text and Image
A Foreign Style?
Reconsidering Captive Art

Polemics of Style

4. The Temple of Venus: Astral Bodies

Style
Venus/Star Symbolism
Bilingualism and Polyvalence

5. The Battle Mural: Violence in the Plaza

Time and Inevitability
Doubling
Patterns of Naming
The Dangers of Difference
The Battle Mural in Mesoamerican Context
Burial

6. The Red Temple: Maize in the Underworld

A Merchant God and His Wares

Painting Luxury

Of Maize, Cacao, and Men
Supernatural Landscape

7. Structure A: The Mountain of Sustenance

The Portico and Jamb Murals: A Portrait of the Altepetl

Guardians and Antecedents
Names and Dates
Duality and Difrasismo
Sustenance Mountain

Continuity and Change

Painted Earth: The Inner Mural
Later Interventions: Blood and Clay

Buried Paintings

Conclusion

Appendix: Radiocarbon Dates for the Cacaxtla Murals

A Review of Radiocarbon Dating and Reporting
Early Classic Radiocarbon Dates at Cacaxtla
Radiocarbon Dates Associated with Mural Painting
Chronology of the Cacaxtla Paintings

Notes

Bibliography

List of Illustrations and Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Cacaxtla in Context

The Acropolis and Its Paintings
Greater Cacaxtla-Xochitécatl
Diego Muñoz Camargo's Description of Cacaxtla
Problems of Evidence
Between Powerful Neighbors
Cacaxtla among the Epiclassic City-States
Art and Identity
Chaos Again

2. The Murals

Materials and Techniques
Artists
Chronology

3. The Feathered Serpent and the Captive Stair: Polemics of Style

The Serpent Corridor

Feathered Serpents
Aquatic Borders
Feathered Serpents and Aquatic Borders
The Afterlife of the Feathered Serpent

The Captive Stair

Text and Image
A Foreign Style?
Reconsidering Captive Art

Polemics of Style

4. The Temple of Venus: Astral Bodies

Style
Venus/Star Symbolism
Bilingualism and Polyvalence

5. The Battle Mural: Violence in the Plaza

Time and Inevitability
Doubling
Patterns of Naming
The Dangers of Difference
The Battle Mural in Mesoamerican Context
Burial

6. The Red Temple: Maize in the Underworld

A Merchant God and His Wares

Painting Luxury

Of Maize, Cacao, and Men
Supernatural Landscape

7. Structure A: The Mountain of Sustenance

The Portico and Jamb Murals: A Portrait of the Altepetl

Guardians and Antecedents
Names and Dates
Duality and Difrasismo
Sustenance Mountain

Continuity and Change

Painted Earth: The Inner Mural
Later Interventions: Blood and Clay

Buried Paintings

Conclusion

Appendix: Radiocarbon Dates for the Cacaxtla Murals

A Review of Radiocarbon Dating and Reporting
Early Classic Radiocarbon Dates at Cacaxtla
Radiocarbon Dates Associated with Mural Painting
Chronology of the Cacaxtla Paintings

Notes

Bibliography

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