Filhos da Serpente Emplumada: Um Legado de Quetzalcoatl no México antigo

Unknown, Feathered Serpent with the Year 1 Reed, (AD 1200-1521), Mexico, Basalt, 21 x 44 cm, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City/Photo © Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (CONACULTA-INAH-MEX).

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Los Angeles, CA,
pavilhão Resnick

1 abril - 1 julho, 2012

Unknown, Codex Nuttall, (15th-16th century), Mexico, Western Oaxaca, Deerskin, gesso, and pigments, 113.5 x 19 x 23.5 cm, The British Museum Library, London, Photo © Trustees of the British Museum/Art Resource, NY.

Filhos da Serpente Emplumada: Um Legado de Quetzalcoatl no México antigo, a primeira exploração em grande escala dos antigos reinos do sul do México e de seu patrono, Quetzalcoatl, a encarnação humana da Serpente Emplumada, possui mais de 200 objetos - incluindo códices pintados, mosaicos de turquesa, ouro e têxteis -  do México, Europa e Estados Unidos.

Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico, the first large-scale exploration of the ancient kingdoms of southern Mexico and their patron deity, Quetzalcoatl, the human incarnation of the Plumed Serpent, features more than 200 objects — including painted codices, turquoise mosaics, gold, and textiles — from Mexico, Europe, and the United States.

Unknown, Solar Disk, (AD 1530-1650), Mexico, Puebla, Tepeaca, Stone, 23 x 110 cm, Museo Regional de Puebla, Photo © 2012 Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jorge Pérez de Lara.

Estas obras raras traçam o desenvolvimento de uma rede comercial extensa, que resultou em um período de inovação cultural que se espalhou pelo México antigo, o sudoeste americano, e na América Central durante a era Pós Clássica (AD 900-1521) e início do período colonial.

These rare artworks trace the development of an extensive trade network that resulted in a period of cultural innovation that spread across ancient Mexico, the American Southwest, and Central America during the Postclassic (AD 900-1521) and early colonial periods.

Unknown, Bust of Quetzalcoatl, (AD 1300-1521), Mexico, Stone, 32.5 x 23 cm, The British Museum, London, Photo © Trustees of the British Museum/Art Resource, NY.

"Esta exposição coloca em primeiro plano uma era de inovação cultural na Mesoamérica, quando as redes de comércio, intimamente ligadas à divindade Quetzalcoatl, facilitaram a troca de bens e ideias entre grandes distâncias", diz Victoria Lyall, LACMA curadora adjunta da arte latino-americana ", reinos do sul do México reconhecendo Quetzalcoatl como seu fundador e patrono, e essas comunidades tornaram-se, e continuam a ser, os Filhos da Serpente Emplumada ".

“This exhibition foregrounds an era of cultural innovation in Mesoamerica when trade networks, closely linked to the deity Quetzalcoatl, facilitated the exchange of both goods and ideas across vast distances,” said Victoria Lyall, LACMA associate curator of Latin American art, “Southern Mexican kingdoms recognized Quetzalcoatl as their founder and patron, and these communities became, and continue to be, the Children of the Plumed Serpent.”

Unknown, Rain-god Vessel, (AD 1200-1500), Mexico, Colima, El Chanal, Slip-painted ceramic, 24.7 x 21 x 28.5 cm, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Photo © Kimbell Museum/Art Resource, NY.

A exposição é co-comissariada por curadores LACMA a falecida Dra. Virginia Campos e Dra. Victoria Lyall e consultoria do curador Dr. John Pohl, curador e estudioso independente.

The exhibition is co-curated by LACMA curators the late Dr. Virginia Fields and Dr. Victoria Lyall, and consulting curator Dr. John Pohl, an independent curator and scholar.

Unknown, Vessel with Codex-style Scene, (1350-1521), Mexico, Nayarit, Slip-painted ceramic, 33.66 x 19.05 cm, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, Photo © 2012 Museum Associates/LACMA.

Depois de sua apresentação em Los Angeles, a exposição viaja para Dallas Museum of Art, onde poderá ser vista de 29 de julho a 25 de novembro de 2012.

After its staging in Los Angeles, the exhibition travels to Dallas Museum of Art where it is on view July 29 November 25, 2012.

Unknown, Effigy Censer, (AD 1200-1500), Mexico, Yucatán, Mayapan, Ceramic with pigments, 63.5 x 37 x 35 cm (?), Museo Regional de Antropología de Yucatán, “Palacio Cantón", Mérida, Photo © 2012 Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jorge Pérez de Lara.

Unknown, Chalice, (AD 1521-1600), Mexico, Puebla, Acatzingo, Slip-painted ceramic, 12.5 x 16.8 cm, Staatliches Museum für Volkerkunde, Munich, Photo © Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich, by M. Weidner.

Unknown, Atlantid (throne support), (AD 850-1150), Mexico, Yucatán, Chichen Itza, Limestone, 86 x 49 x 39 cm, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, Photo © 2012 Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jorge Pérez de Lara.

Unknown, Finger Ring Depicting Xipe Totec, (AD 1000-1500), Mexico, Oaxaca, Gold, 3.3 x 3 x 1.7 cm, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Photo © National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution.

Unknown, Pedestal Bowl, (AD 1200-1521), Mexico, Slip-painted ceramic, 13.4 x 18 x 18.7 cm, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin: Preuβischer Kulturbesitz, Ethnologisches Museum, Photo © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum (IV Ca 10855), Berlin, Germany, by Ines Seibt/BPK, Berlin/Art Resource, NY

Unknown, Vessel with Head Emerging from Serpent Maw, (AD 900-1521), Mexico, Veracruz, Isla de Sacrificios, Fine Orange ceramic, 12.7 x 12 cm, The British Museum, London, Photo © Trustees of the British Museum/Art Resource, NY.



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