Posted on 04/20/2012 2:42:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Here in Los Angeles the influence of Mexican culture is part of our everyday experience. The new exhibit at LACMA gives us a chance to see the origins of a culture that is part of our own.
Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico is the first large scale exhibition that explores the ancient kingdoms of southern Mexico – known today as Oaxaca, Puebla and Tlaxcala. This exciting exhibition features more than 200 objects spanning from the 10th century to 1580.
The legends of Quetzalcoatl – the human incarnation of the Plumed Serpent – provides key insights into the complex, and quite sophisticated, societies of Ancient Mexico. The exhibition follows the deity’s journey through southern Mexico, the historical trajectory of his life and his role as the founder and benefactor of the Nahua, Mixtec and Zapotec. Not only did these kingdoms resist both Aztec and Spanish domination, they also developed a highly sophisticated visual language and remained the dominant cultural and economic force throughout Southern Mexico.
The exhibition is stunning and includes delicately painted deerskin codices depicting birth and marriage, exquisite gold necklaces and earrings, and turquoise mosaics from Mexico, Europe and the United States. One of the highlights for me was the Skull with Turquoise Mosaic – originally from Oaxaca or Puebla and part of LACMA’s permanent collection.
Children of the Plumed Serpent is chronologically divided into five themes – The World of Tula and Chichen Itza; The New Tollan: The Emergence of Cholula and the Birth of the International Style; Feasting, Divination, and Heroic History; Avenues of Trade and the Spread of the International Style; and The Aztec Conquest and the Spanish Incursion. Curated by Victoria Lyell, John Pohl and the late Virginia Fields, the exhibition is on view from April 1 to July 1, 2012.
The Conquistadores did the world a favor by destroying as much of these things as they did.
Another GGG point of interest? They’re certainly fascinating to me as a painter and art historian.
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Did they eat dogs too?
Children of the Plumed Serpent = Children of the Corn.
Think: “Lord of the Flies”.
Puny snake.
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Naturally, Hollyweird didn't like it because it showed the Indian culture as it was, blue paint and human sacrifice, all of it.
Don’t diss San José’s God sculpture.
***Did they eat dogs too?****
According to Bernal Diaz, Montezuma often ate part of the human sacrifices. Bernal Diaz was unsure if the Spanish were fed of these sacrifices or not.
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Yes, they ate dogs. They even had a breed of dog esp. bred for eating (Chihuahuas?).
No, mostly people rolled down the stairs after their hearts had been ripped out. Kinda like a food stamp, read Prescott.
Given what we’re doing to our children, we might deserve it...
After watching the movie, I really felt like sprinting in the woods.
Braveheart with a loincloth!
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