Art, Ideology, and the City of Teotihuacan
Art, Ideology, and the City of Teotihuacan
By: Janet Catherine Berlo
This volume focuses on Teotihuacan and the particular features that set it apart from other Mesoamerican places and cultural manifestations.
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This volume focuses on Teotihuacan, the most singular site in Mesoamerican archaeology, effected in a mode not seen elsewhere. The only city in Mesoamerica that represents an entire culture, Teotihuacan set itself apart from other cities in the same time period, acting as part of the foundation for our understanding of Mesoamerican cultures. The papers in this collection seek to explain the particular features that set it apart from other Mesoamerican places and cultural manifestations. Drawing on fields ranging from art history to political analysis, these essays provide a synthesis and new appraisal of Teotihuacan’s unique cultural manifestations and reflect a new stage in Teotihuacan studies.
Janet Catherine Berlo
Janet Catherine Berlo is an American art historian and academic, noted for her publications and research into the visual arts heritage of Native American and pre-Columbian cultures. In the early portion of her academic career, Berlo made notable contributions toward the understanding of the art and iconography of Mesoamerica, in particular that of the Classic-period Teotihuacan civilization. She is professor emerita in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Rochester.
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