Conversing with the Heart

摘要

HERITAGE-The Aztecs were one of the great indigenous people of America. CERAMIC REVIEW looks at some of the highlights from the forthcoming show at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, this winter. Billed as the 'most comprehensive survey of Aztec culture ever mounted,' Aztecs highlights the splendours, variety and sophistication of this remarkable civilisation. The exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, traces the origins of the Aztecs and illustrates how they drew inspiration from the religions and artifacts of earlier cultures and places, such as Teotihuacan and the Toltecs of Tula. The major part of this exhibition is devoted to the art of the Aztec Empire which dates from 1325, when the Aztecs settled at Tenochtitlan (present-day Mexico City), to its demise in 1521, following the arrival of the Spanish in 1519.