EditorialQuetzalcoatl, the Feather Serpent. Plate from a facsimile of the Codex Borbonicus. Codex Borbonicus. Manuscrit mexicain de la Bibliothe?que du Palais Bourbon, livre divinatoire et rituel figure?, publie? en facsimile? avec un commentaire explicatif...
EditorialOn the left, ythe god Xipe-Totec; on the right, a serpent symbolizing Quetzalcoatl. Plate from a facsimile of the Codex Borbonicus. . Codex Borbonicus. Manuscrit mexicain de la Bibliothe?que du Palais Bourbon, livre divinatoire et rituel figure?, pub...
EditorialFeathered Serpent (Quetzalcoatl), 1325-1521. Central Mexico, Aztec or modern, Post-Classic Period or modern. Stone; overall: 27.7 x 20.1 x 22 cm (10 7/8 x 7 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.).
EditorialMask of the rain-god Tlaloc; his face is made of corncobs, his eyes are covered by large goggles like the obsidian-or gold rings put over the eyes of the dead. From the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and Tlaloc, Teotihuacan, Mexico (3rd-6th CE) .
EditorialQuetzalcoatl, the Feather Serpent. Plate from a facsimile of the Codex Borbonicus. Codex Borbonicus. Manuscrit mexicain de la Bibliothe?que du Palais Bourbon, livre divinatoire et rituel figure?, publie? en facsimile? avec un commentaire explicatif...
EditorialOn the left, ythe god Xipe-Totec; on the right, a serpent symbolizing Quetzalcoatl. Plate from a facsimile of the Codex Borbonicus. . Codex Borbonicus. Manuscrit mexicain de la Bibliothe?que du Palais Bourbon, livre divinatoire et rituel figure?, pub...
EditorialConquest of Mexico - The death of Montezuma at the hands of his own people on July 1st, 1520. Oil on canvas; 120 x 200 cm. Montezuma II (or Moctezuma, 1480-1520) was trained as a priest and rose to become leader of the Aztecs in 1502. At the tim...
EditorialGreat Pyramid of Cholula or Tlachihualtepetl dedicated to the god Quetzalcoatl in Mexico. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), M...
EditorialARTE PRECOLOMBINO. MEXICO. TEMPLO DE QUETZALCOATL o DE LA SERPIENTE EMPLUMADA. Periodo Epicl?sico (650-900). Vista parcial. SITIO ARQUEOLOGICO DE XOCHICALCO (Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO). Cercan?as de Cuernava. Estado de Morelos.
EditorialARTE PRECOLOMBINO. MEXICO. TEMPLO DE QUETZALCOATL o DE LA SERPIENTE EMPLUMADA. Periodo Epicl?sico (650-900). Vista parcial. SITIO ARQUEOLOGICO DE XOCHICALCO (Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO). Cercan?as de Cuernava. Estado de Morelos.
EditorialPre-Columbian Art. Teotihuacan. Mexico. The Temple of the Feathered Serpent, also known as the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, and the Feathered Serpent Pyramid. Detail showing the alternating Tlaloc (left) and feathered serpent (right) heads. Talud-tablero style.
EditorialARTE PRECOLOMBINO. MEXICO. PIRAMIDE DE QUETZALCOATL. Detalle de la serpiente emplumada que representa al dios azteca del viento QUETZALCOATL. Corresponde a la parte de la pir?mide de estilo tolteca. Teotihuac?n.
EditorialARTE PRECOLOMBINO. MEXICO. TEMPLO DE QUETZALCOATL o DE LA SERPIENTE EMPLUMADA. Periodo Epicl?sico (650-900). Detalle de un RELIEVE CON LA REPRESENTACION DE QUETZALCOATL. SITIO ARQUEOLOGICO DE XOCHICALCO (Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO). Cerca...
EditorialARTE PRECOLOMBINO. MEXICO. SITIO ARQUEOLOGICO DE TEOTIHUACAN (Patrimonio de la Humanidad). PIRAMIDE DE QUETZALCOATL. Detalle de la SERPIENTE EMPLUMADA que representa al dios azteca del viento QUETZALCOATL. Corresponde a la parte de la pir?mide de estil...
EditorialPre-Columbian Art. Tula. Coatepantli or Serpent Wall. Toltec civilization. Post-Classic Period. 900-1200 A.C. Back of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl. Museum of Anthropology. Mexico.
EditorialConquest of Mexico - The death of Montezuma at the hands of his own people on July 1st, 1520. Oil on canvas; 120 x 200 cm. Montezuma II (or Moctezuma, 1480-1520) was trained as a priest and rose to become leader of the Aztecs in 1502. At the tim...
EditorialStatue of the God Quetzalcoatl. His name signifies the " feathered serpent". The god's head emerges from the mouth of the serpent; his earrings with a hook show that he is the god of the winds. Stone, H: 44 cm Depot du Musee de l'Homme Inv. M...
EditorialTeotihuacan, Temple of Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent, and Tlaloc, the rain-god. Heads of Jaguars, symbol of death, jut out from flowers, symbol of plenitude; the god Tlaloc is shown with a face of corncobs and large goggles (3rd-6th CE) .
EditorialStone bust of Quetzalcoatl, Aztec, from Mexico, 1325-1521. This sculpture represents the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. His name in Nahuatl, the language spoken by the Aztecs, means Feathered (quetzal feather) Serpent. The serpent's coils of the sculpture are...