MESOAMERICA

The “Kunz” Axe, Olmec, 1200-400 BCE

San Lorenzo, Monument 1, Olmec, 1200-900 BCE

Fetus sculpture from La Venta, Olmec, 900-400 BCE

Throne 4 La Venta, Olmec

La Venta Throne 5, Olmec, 900-400 BCE

Pedro de Gante, Testarian Catechism, 1525-8, ink and colors on paper

San Luis Obispo, c. 1560, exterior view, Tlamanalco, New Spain

San Luis Obispo, c. 1560, facade, Tlalmanalco, New Spain

Patio cross, Convent of San Augustin, Acolman, 16th C Mexico

Mass of Saint Gregory, 1550, School of San Jose de los Naturales, feathers on wood with touches of paint

Virgin of Guadalupe, 16th Century, oil and tempura(?) on maguey cloth and cotton, 69×41.25 inch. Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City, New Spain

Miguel Hidalgo, Claudio Linati, 1828

L. Delgado, Portrait of Miguel Hidalgo, 19th Century

Roberto Montenegro, “Tree of Life”, from convent church of San Pedro and San Pablo, 1921, Jose Vasconcelos

Diego Rivera, Creation, 1922-23, encaustic, ENP

The “Las Limas” Figure, Olmec, 900-400 BCE

Chalcatzingo Relief 1 “El Rey” (“The King” [in a skirt])

Shaman Figures in Transformation, Olmec, 900-400 BCE

Temple of the Sun, Teotihuacan, 225 CE. 210’ tall, 700’ square at base

Temple of the Moon. c. 150 CE

Water Goddesses found at Temple of the Moon (left), and on Cerro Gordo (right)

Temple of the Feathered Serpent (Quetzalcoatl), Teotihucan, 200 CE

“Tlalocan” mural, Tepantitla, Teotihuacan, 400-550 CE

Mural on north wall, Las Pinturas Pyramid, San Bartolo. Formative Maya, ca. 200 BC

Mural on West Wall, Las Pinturas Pyramid, San Bartolo, Preclassic Maya, ca. 200 BC

Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque

Paksa’s Sarcophagus Lid, Palenque

Yaxchilan Lintel 24, 725 CE

Founding of Tenochtitlan, frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza, c. 1541-1542, Early Colonial

“Chacmool” from early level of Templo Mayor, Tlaloc side, 1417-1426

Mature “Metropolitan”, “Tlaloc” style chacmool, c. 1502-1520

Coatlicue, “Serpent Skirt”, Tenochtitlan, 1487-1520

Coyolxauhqui, Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan, c. 1496