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Examining how the name and portrait of Moteuczoma II were represented in Aztec monuments and colonial manuscripts, this richly interdisciplinary study illuminates the creation of fame and the politics of personhood and portraiture in the Aztec and colonia

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Two Moteuczomas

2. Fame and Transformation

3. The Royal Icon

4. Resonances of the Speech Glyph

5. Visibility and Invisibility of the Name Glyph

6. Absence and Presence of Body

7. The Chapultepec Portrait

8. Colonial Reflections on Aztec Portraiture

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

On the Lips of Others

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/06/2015
      ISBN13: 9781477307243, 978-1477307243
      ISBN10: 1477307249
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      History of art Archaeology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examining how the name and portrait of Moteuczoma II were represented in Aztec monuments and colonial manuscripts, this richly interdisciplinary study illuminates the creation of fame and the politics of personhood and portraiture in the Aztec and colonia

      Table of Contents

      List of Illustrations

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      1. The Two Moteuczomas

      2. Fame and Transformation

      3. The Royal Icon

      4. Resonances of the Speech Glyph

      5. Visibility and Invisibility of the Name Glyph

      6. Absence and Presence of Body

      7. The Chapultepec Portrait

      8. Colonial Reflections on Aztec Portraiture

      Conclusion

      Notes

      Bibliography

      Index

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