Ancient American Artifact Lecture

Name: Ancient American Artifact Lecture
Start: 2024-07-13T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-07-13T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 2110 Blue Ridge Rd., Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina 27607

Schedule

Sat Jul 13 2024 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

2110 Blue Ridge Rd., Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina 27607 | Raleigh, NC

NCMA curator Ángel González examines the stone sculpture of a warrior, a significant artifact on loan from the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City currently displayed in the Ancient American Gallery, before its return to Mexico. His talk focuses on the rise of imperial sculptural expressions in the ancient city of Tenochtitlan (the Aztec capital). He first explores the city’s remarkable burst of creativity in a span of less than 100 years and its profound cultural importance, tracing a journey from humble beginnings to global recognition with iconic works like the calendar stone, or sun stone. Then he closely examines the symbolic meaning embedded in the warrior sculpture.
Image: Toltec, Toltec Warrior, 1486–1521, volcanic rock, H. 47 × W. 16 1/2 × D. 14 1/2 in., Museo Nacional de Antropología (10-81768)