Mexican monumental sculpture

Mexican monumental sculpture

Vast numbers of Mexicans and foreigners know the Coatlicue, the Sun Stone, the Stone of Tizoc, the Stone of the Old Archbishopric, Coyolxauhqui and Tlaltecuhtli, colossal monoliths are a record of central aspects of Aztec cosmogony.

However, few know its history, its aesthetic, historical content and liturgical functions that met under that premise and specialists Eduardo Matos Moctezuma and Leonardo López Luján wrote "Mexica monumental sculpture", it is published by the Fondo de Cultura Economica (FCE).

The authors achieved, detailed and clear, with a display of lucidity and erudition, make available to the reader all that knowledge. They trace the historical context and review multiple glances over time have raised those sculptures among connoisseurs and amateurs.

From their perspective authors of the book, the reader target are students, teachers, researchers and academics in the fields of history, anthropology, art, archeology and Mesoamerican studies, and the general public interested in issues of archeology and the large Hispanic cultures.

This, because this book is the first systematic and comprehensive study of the monumental sculpture of the main pre-Hispanic culture of Mexico.

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riste not achieve victory, "The Hobbit" Bermudez said Christian, despite everything, the draw against Puebla on America is in crisis, and come down and put the team argued that dynamic intensity and sought victory in all times, but "also features rival and defended well."

"We had a lot of mobility and opportunities of goal, what happens is that it looks like it got no more goals, but the match was very intense," argued the midfielder, who reappeared as a starter with the Eagles against Gaza, rival they got a 1-1 draw.

"We were always looking for the goal, with mobility, open spaces, very intense, but the Puebla played very closed. This game looks like, but we were very arrival. After all the rival also has, was standing well back," he said "the Hobbit. "

"No poor performance on the court were intense, but there was an oversight and we took the result," admitted Bermudez, who said the Eagles are hungry for goals and be provided triumphs championship.

He stressed that weighed no midweek defeat against Cruz Azul in the Cup, because while "was bitter," the next day "we gave back to the page and left with everything, because the league is in door".

Meanwhile, the defense of Puebla, Jonathan Lacerda, said "we could have handled this result, but America came over and then we got a goal, but the point

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