The Goddess Coatlicue In The Aztec Culture

Family was very important in the Aztec culture. In everyday life of a family each person had distinctive roles. Women were often married at 16 years old and during school they were taught to cook and taught the basic necessities of raising a family. Men were taught arts and crafts mostly by their fathers. While the moms taught their daughters. The Aztecs really believed in the education system as a very valuable thing in life and most dearly instead young people went to school. The two types of schools were telpochcalli and the calmecac. Both boys and girls went to these schools but were separated from each other. The tephochalli were for the common families and were taught myths, history, religion, and the Aztec ceremonial songs. Here, boys

Aztec and African are two distinctive cultures with many differences. The two cultures are on different continents that are far away from each other, and there is a wide difference between the two cultures. The beliefs and practices of the people are different in both of these cultures. However, as the world becomes more global, and as people become more exposed to different cultures, the differences between them seem to be narrowing. There are several similarities and differences between Aztec and African, specifically, dance, food and the education system. We live in a world with numerous countries and diversities. Each culture has its own appeal and positives and often times comparing the similarities and differences between these cultures based on a variety of aspects like topography, culture, language, economy, government dynamics. In this essay, I am going to compare the Aztec that are located in Central Mexico and the African culture that is located in all of Africa are two cultures that are studied by many anthropologists.

The sculpture portrays the God of Harvest, Dionysus, with his loyal satyr follower, Pan. A considerable amount of detail when into the carving of Dionysus; the multiple grapevines in his hair, his ceremonial staff Thyrsus, the goatskins and the cup of wine he’s holding are all symbols of Dionysus. The composition is very asymmetrical, and creates a contrapposto arrangement, which is distinctly Grecian (Gardner). It was carved out of beautiful fine marble, which also had another purpose in the way of making this piece of art last for many years. Along with the tree trunk between the two men providing support at the base, and the elongated arms providing more structural stability. The God’s head is even reinforced by his hair to make sure the head doesn’t break off. This sculpture is visually and aesthetically pleasing, but doesn’t serve a useful function, like textiles or furniture. Therefore, it is considered a figurative piece of art, which art that is very clearly modeled after real object or person(s), and is therefore representational

In America if someone is sick or not feeling well, they simply go to the doctors and have a prescription sent to their local pharmacy. However, in ancient Mexico when someone became ill, the Aztecs resulted to collecting natural resources and creating their own medicine to cure each other. Mexico has a rich tradition of herbal use going back many centuries (“Aztec Medicine”). Aztecs result to the use of nature due to the fact that Mexico has one of the most diverse selections of plants native to the country, as well as a variety of species both native to and introduced to Mexico from diverse parts of the globe (“Medicines”).

As I read Daily Life of The Aztecs on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest, I discovered the Aztecs were a truly amazing society of people. In the book, Jacques Soustelle looks into Aztec culture, religion, education, and technology, just to name a few. He looks across the Valley of Mexico during the early 1500s. These Aztec people can be compared and contrasted with that of people in today’s society.

The Aztecs lived in what is now Mexico city. This region is located in Northwest Mexico. The Aztecs lived near The Great Lake and near mountains. The weather was always hot, humid and 80 or above degrees.

Figure 3. called the “Virgin of Guadalupe,” would relate to the period of time where the people of Pueblos was presented with the religion of Christianity. Having the H=23.5ins X=10ins X= 8ins. Made with clay, slip, and wild spinach paints. The struggles of converting to christianity was full of pain and suffering. As you see the figure, the Virgin is

• Compare and contrast Aztec daily life with your experience. Only focus on family life and living arrangements, as well as good diet. Notably, I can relate to the Aztec daily life because on page 32 it says “The Aztec diet was basically vegetarian, supplemented by fish, wild fowl and game; they raised no domesticated animals as significant food resources” (Vigil). Indeed, I can relate to this quote because I am actually vegan/vegetarian. Further, I have a strong passion towards eating foods that they have listed in this chapter.

There were 2 social classes one named macehualli also known as peasants. And the other named the pili or nobility.

The body of the woman has mane and the hair fall over accentuated breast feature on the body. The mane is o presenting both a feel of nobility and fright on the face of a lioness, which has a skull of bone and stylized whiskers on the face . The head is raised in a form of adoration with the solar disk and cobra emphasizing the cosmic aspects of the divinity of the goddess . The face is modeled with high precision on which the eyes are small and eyelids that have been painted as it were a collar or the robe’s edge. The statue is in a seated position on a block with the fingers that have been shaped significantly with a focus on the distinctive feature of anatomy that the artist sought to add with much delicacy, resting on her legs. The goddess’s legs have inscriptions that are added to the surface of the throne. She stands as a towering figure with soft feline features that invoke power and fear especially with the nature of her eyes in the statue. Her elegance calls attention to her presenting a valid reason why she was both feared and

It seemed that the rulers of the time wore a protective helmet for war, that would show the person in question with jaguar paws hanging over the forehead to show political and religious power over again. It is because of this that multiple historians believe that this is where the Mesoamerican belief that it was the head alone that bore the soul can from. It seemed that Jade, Ceramic, and Wood were among the most popular materials to persevere and craft a sculpture with, which all remain persevered in small bogs across the Mexican Gulf. The most common god to appear rendered into the small form of sculpture is the sculpture of God IV, also referred to as the Rain Baby for its infantile, toothless baby like

In addition to the symbol of the snake, La Virgen, plays an important role in Chicana culture as well. Anzaldúa goes deeper into this rich cultural history, and informs us that in Aztec-Mexican society, women were able to possess property and were often viewed as mystic beings, having occupations such as curers or priestesses (Anzaldúa 32). Rather than Jesus or God the Father, la Virgen de Guadalupe became the largest symbol in Mexican religion and culture to this day. In fact, Chicana culture does not identify with the Spanish Father, but the Indian Mother. The connection between the symbology of the snake and La Virgen is solidified as Anzaldúa explains the importance of feminine deities, such as the goddess, Coatlicue, or "she who wears a serpent skirt" (27).

This sculpture is of a women breast feeding her child. The face of the two people is elongated, as well as the breasts of the mother. This is common to all African Art because they wanted representation of what is being expressed. In this particular sculpture, a supernatural power is being called upon. The power has been asked to protect the mother and child, and to

The sculptures and paint show details how society viewed and interpreted women body, sexuality, and maternity. In addition, revealed that these women were protected from threats around them with ornaments. Civilizations since early times, believed that we were in permanent threat from forces we do not see or cannot explain and because of it, we protected ourselves with artificial elements in a form of jewelry, crowns or caps. This idea has been continue from one generation to the next to the point that in modern societies some of us still use this type of protection in our bodies (e.g., small cross, divine images, tattoos, etc.).These pieces of art also indicate that humans believed in gods with superpowers and they are looking over us constantly. Humanity also believes in dark forces or demons trying to makes us do things that would upset the good gods. Some of the differences between these sculptures and paint are the material in which each one of them were created. The first figure, the Woman of Willendorf was carved in limestone, the second piece, the portrait of Queen Tiye was carved in wood and the last piece, the Virgin and Child Icon was created of tempera on a wood. You can also notice how the details on their faces and bodies changes throughout the time and years. The woman of Willendorf figurine offers details of a voluptuous nude women’s body but there is not face, or feet. Queen Tiye statue shows the face of a woman in detail closed to the gods but without any body parts and lastly The Virgin and Child Icon, is an expression of divinity of the views, reflections and beliefs from the gospel. Because communities started to innovate on the art of carving and painting, populations began to discover and/or create art with the objective of expressing different purposes of our daily lives, such as the beauty of a woman’s body, or to commemorate an ancient

Within the long tradition of vanitas in art, image of a human skull was a source of philosophical contemplation and a reminder of impermanency of life. Real skulls in bone churches in Europe and sugar ones during Mexican Dia de los Muertos each in its own way commemorate the deceased. Wrathful deities associated with skulls in Buddhism. It sent the threatening message via Jolly Roger or criminals’