Art History Resources: Postclassic Mesoamerica

Aztec10th - 16th c.
Mixtec
Costa Rica


(See also: Mesoamerican Resource Page)

Web Resources - Postclassic History and Culture
Aztec Civilization. Crystalinks
Aztec Civilization. Wikipedia
Aztec Cosmology. University of Texas
The Aztec Calendar. Rene Voorburg
Aztec Creation Story. Glenn Welker
The Five Suns. Wikipedia
The Flower Songs of Hungry Coyote. Poems of Nezahualcoyotl, tr. John Curl
The Legend of the Five Suns. Alan J. Seeger
Life and Death In Ancient Mexico. Joel Skidmore
Mictlan, the Aztec Underworld. MythWeb
Mixtec. Wikipedia
Nezahualcoyotl, the Ruler of Texcoco. Wikipedia
Precolumbian History of Costa Rica. Wikipedia

Web Resources - Postclassic Art
British Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dumbarton Oaks
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Links - Postclassic Mesoamerica (click inside)

1. Central America
Jaguar Vessel
Costa Rica
1000-1550
Jaguar Vessel
Costa Rica
1200-1400
Animal Vessel
Costa Rica
1200-1400
Jaguar Metate
Costa Rica
11c-16c
Gold Frog
Costa Rica
11c-16c
Mask Ornament
Costa Rica
8c-16c
Cayman Pendant
Coclé (Panama)
800-1200
Twin Warriors
Coclé (Panama)
700-1200
Turtle Vessel
Panama
8c-16c

2. Mexico
Water Goddess
Aztec
15c-16c
Xochipilli
Aztec
13c-16c
Coronation Stone
Aztec
1503
Wooden Mask
Mixtec or Aztec
1100-1521
Granite Head
Aztec
13c-16c
Rabbit
Aztec
15c-16c
Goddess
Aztec
13c-16c
Water Goddess
Aztec
13c-16c
Tlaloc
Aztec
13c-16c
Quetzalcoatl Pectoral
Aztec or Mixtec
1200-1519
Warrior
Aztec
1450-1500
Xipe Totec
Aztec
15c-16c
Xipe Totec
Nahua
900-1521
Rain God
Colima-Mixtec
1200-1400
Bowl
Puebla-Mixtec
10c-16c
Mosaic Mask
Aztec or Mixtec
15c-16c
Crystal Skull
European forgery
19c

[last updated: August 10, 2013]


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