Title:
Teotihuacan : city of water, city of fire / [edited by] Matthew H. Robb ; with [contributions from] Rubén Cabrera Castro, David M. Carballo, George L. Cowgill, Julie Gazzola, Sergio Gómez Chávez, Christophe Helmke, Leonardo López Luján, Diana Magaloni, Linda R. Manzanilla, Jesper Nielsen, Nelly Zoé Núñez Rendón, Hillary Olcott, Megan E. O'Neil, Alejandro Sarabia González, Nawa Sugiyama, Saburo Sugiyama, and Erika Carrillo, Laura Filloy Nadal, Nikolai Grube ; principal photography by Jorge Pérez de Lara Elias ; with new map illustrations by Hillary Olcott.
Author:
Robb, Matthew H., 1972- editor.
Cabrera Castro, Rubén, contributor.
Carballo, David M., contributor.
Cowgill, George L., contributor.
Filloy Nadal, Laura, contributor.
Gómez Chávez, Sergio, contributor.
Grube, Nikolai, contributor.
Helmke, Christophe, contributor.
López Luján, Leonardo, contributor.
Magaloni Kerpel, Diana, contributor.
Manzanilla, Linda, contributor.
Nielsen, Jesper, 1972- contributor.
O'Neil, Megan Eileen, contributor.
Pérez de Lara, Jorge, contributor.
Sugiyama, Saburo, contributor.
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, host institution.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, host institution.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, organizer, issuing body.
Publication Information:
San Francisco, CA : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ; Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
©2017
Call Number:
F1219.1.T27 T435 2017
Abstract:
"Founded in the first century BCE near a set of natural springs in an otherwise dry northeastern corner of the Valley of Mexico, the ancient metropolis of Teotihuacan was on a symbolic level a city of elements. With a multiethnic population of perhaps one hundred thousand, at its peak in 400 CE, it was the cultural, political, economic, and religious center of ancient Mesoamerica. A devastating fire in the city center led to a rapid decline after the middle of the sixth century, but Teotihuacan was never completely abandoned or forgotten; the Aztecs revered the city and its monuments, giving many of them the names we still use today. Teotihuacan : City of Water, City of Fire examines new discoveries from the three main pyramids at the site--the Sun Pyramid, the Moon Pyramid, and, at the center of the Ciudadela complex, the Feathered Serpent Pyramid--which have fundamentally changed our understanding of the city's history. With illustrations of the major objects from Mexico City's Museo Nacional de Antropologia and from the museums and storage facilities of the Zona de Monumentos Arqueologicos de Teotihuacan, along with selected works from US and European collections, the catalogue examines these cultural artifacts to understand the roles that offerings of objects and programs of monumental sculpture and murals throughout the city played in the lives of Teotihuacan's citizens. Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Exhibition dates: de Young, San Francisco, September 30, 2017-February 11, 2018; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), March-June 2018"--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780520296558
Physical Description:
443 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm.
Contents:
Directors' foreword / Foreword / Foreword / Introduction to Teotihuacan. Lighting the world : Teotihuacan and urbanism in central Mexico / A speculative history of Teotihuacan / Teotihuacan : planned city with cosmic pyramids / The Ciudadela and the Feathered Serpent Pyramid. Reappraising architectural processes at the Ciudadela through recent evidence / The underworld at Teotihuacan : the sacred cave under the Feathered Serpent Pyramid / The Feathered Serpent Pyramid at Teotihuacan : monumentality and sacrificial burials / The Sun Pyramid. The Sun Pyramid Architectural Complex in Teotihuacan : vestiges of worship and veneration / The central plaza of the Sun Pyramid : collective space at Teotihuacan / The Moon Pyramid. The Moon Pyramid and the ancient state of Teotihuacan / The ritual deposits in the Moon Pyramid at Teotihuacan / Pumas eating human hearts? : animal sacrifice and captivity at the Moon Pyramid / The Apartment Compounds. Teotihuacan apartment compounds, neighborhood centers, and plaza structures / Foreigners' barrios at Teotihuacan : reasons for and consequences of migration / La Ventilla and the Plaza of the Glyphs / The Xalla Palace in Teotihuacan / Daily life in Teotihuacan's southern periphery : the Tlajinga District / Teotihuacan Religion. Of gods and rituals : the religion of Teotihuacan / The Storm God : lord of rain and ravage / The Old Fire God / The Maize God / The water Goddess / Teotihuacan Art. Space, object, and identity in the City of the Gods / Lapidary work at Teotihuacan : production and use / The colors of time : Teotihuacan mural painting tradition / Stucco-painted vessels from Teotihuacan : integration of ceramic and mural traditions / Map of Teotihuacan. Mapping Teotihuacan / Map of Teotihuacan -- Catalogue of the Exhibition With Maps. Catalogue introduction ; Catalogue sections and site key ; Introduction to Teotihuacan ; Feathered Serpent Pyramid, tunnel, Ciudadela ; Sun Pyramid, Palace of the Sun (Zone 5A), House of the Priests ; Moon Pyramid, Quetzalpapalotl Palace ; East platform ; Tlajinga ; Oaxaca Barrio ; Tetitla ; La Ventilla ; Street of the Dead Complex, West Plaza group ; Techinantitla ; Xalla.
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