Aztec aesthetics

[Robert A. Neinast]

On 8/7/2013 8:09 PM, Michael McCafferty wrote:
> Many thanks to Craig and Seth for articulating what I felt all day as I
> thought about these posts but couldn't find the key to open the door to
> say what I felt. It reminds me of how, when I talk to my students about
> the great artistic achievements of Hopewellian ceremonial pottery, they
> often stare at me with this "Yeah?" kind of look:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell_pottery

And don't forget the animal effigy pipes. I think I like them
the best. (Though there is also the Shaman of Newark.)

> There is so much I have seen in Aztec art that makes me--I like Craig's
> adjective--*slack-jawed* when I look at it. I find myself looking at
> something like the famous statue of Xochipilli that pretty much just
> like the La Giaconda. Stopped in my tracks:
> 
> http://ec-dejavu.ru/t/Tattoo_1.html

Agreed. That is an amazing piece of art.

Bob
-- 
" . . . and shun the Frumious Bandersnatch."
Robert A. Neinast
Pickerington, OH
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