Altera Roma

Art and Empire from Merida to Mexico

AvClaire L. Lyons,John M. D. Pohl

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Altera Roma explores the confrontation of two cultures, European and Amerindian, and two empires, Spanish and Aztec. In an age of exploration and conquest, Spanish soldiers, missionaries, and merchants brought an array of cultural preconceptions. Their encounter with Aztec civilization coincided with Europe's rediscovery of classical antiquity, and Tenochtitlan came to be regarded a"second Rome,"or altera Roma. Iberia's past as the Roman province of Hispania served to both guide and critique the Spanish overseas mission. The dialogue that emerged between the Old World and the New World shaped a dual heritage into the unique culture of Nueva Espana. In this volume, ten eminent historians and archaeologists examine the analogies between empires widely separated in time and place and consider how monumental art and architecture created"theater states,"a strategy that links ancient Rome, Hapsburg Spain, preconquest Mexico, and other imperial regimes.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-07-15
Mått:159 x 234 x 29 mm
Vikt:729 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Monographs
Antal sidor:385
Förlag:Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
ISBN:9781938770012

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John M. D. Pohl has directed numerous archaeological projects in North America and in Europe. He teaches in the Department of Art History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Claire L. Lyons is the curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum and an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Southern California.

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Introduction by John M. D. Pohl and Claire L. LyonsCh. 1: Rome, Tenochtitlan, and Beyond: Comparing Empires across Space and Time by Walter ScheidelCh. 2: The Visualization of Imperial Dominance: Hobbes's Leviathan, the Mexica Templo Mayor, and the Materialization of Authority by Eulogio GuzmánCh. 3: Monuments of Empire in Roman Spain and Beyond: Augusta Emerita (Mérida), the "Spanish Rome" by Jonathan EdmonsonCh. 4: Aztec Art in Provincial Places: Water Concerns, Monumental Sculptures, and Imperial Expansion by Emily UmbergerCh. 5: Dramatic Performance and the Theater of the State: The Cults of the Divus Triumphator, Parthenope, and Quetzalcoatl by John M. D. PohlCh. 6: Aztec and Roman Gods in Sixteenth-Century Mexico: Strategic Uses of Classical Learning in Sahagún's Historia General by Andrew LairdCh. 7: The Mexica Pantheon in Light of Graeco-Roman Polytheism: Uses, Abuses, and Proposals by Guilhem OlivierCh. 8: Toward a New World's Laocoön: Thoughts on Seeing Aztec Sculpture through Spanish Eyes by Thomas B. F. CumminsCh. 9: Death in the Hands of Strangers: Aztec Human Sacrifice in the Western Imagination by Cecelia F. KleinCh. 10: Alia Herculanea: Pre-Hispanic Sites and Antiquities in Late Bourbon New Spain by Leonardo López Lújan