Patrick Thomas Hajovsky

On the Lips of Others: Moteuczoma's Fame in Aztec Monuments and Rituals

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examining how the name and portrait of Moteuczoma II were represented in Aztec monuments and colonial manuscripts, this richly interdisciplinary study illuminates the creation of fame and the politics of personhood and portraiture in the Aztec and colonia

Produktdetails

• Recovering Languages and Liter
• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 279mm x 215mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9781477307243
• ISBN-10: 1477307249
• Artikelnr.: 41670349

Autorenporträt

Patrick Thomas Hajovsky is Assistant Professor of Art History at Southwestern University, where he serves as Chair of the Latin American Studies Program.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Two Moteuczomas
2. Fame and Transformation
3. The Royal Icon
4. Resonances of the Speech Glyph
5. Visibility and Invisibility of the Name Glyph
6. Absence and Presence of Body
7. The Chapultepec Portrait
8. Colonial Reflections on Aztec Portraiture
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index