Teotihuacan

City of Water, City of Fire

Matthew Robb

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University of California Press
26 September 2017

History of art: pre-history; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; History of the Americas; Archaeology by period & region

Founded in the first century BCE near a set of natural springs in an otherwise dry northeastern corner of the Valley of Mexico, the ancient metropolis of Teotihuacan was on a symbolic level a city of elements. With a multiethnic population of perhaps one hundred thousand, at its peak in 400 CE, it was the cultural, political, economic, and religious center of ancient Mesoamerica. A devastating fire in the city center led to a rapid decline after the middle of the sixth century, but Teotihuacan was never completely abandoned or forgotten; the Aztecs revered the city and its monuments, giving many of them the names we still use today.

Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire examines new discoveries from the three main pyramids at the site—the Sun Pyramid, the Moon Pyramid, and, at the center of the Ciudadela complex, the Feathered Serpent Pyramid—which have fundamentally changed our understanding of the city’s history. With illustrations of the major objects from Mexico City’s Museo Nacional de Antropología and from the museums and storage facilities of the Zona de Monumentos Arqueológicos de Teotihuacan, along with selected works from US and European collections, the catalogue examines these cultural artifacts to understand the roles that offerings of objects and programs of monumental sculpture and murals throughout the city played in the lives of Teotihuacan’s citizens.

Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Exhibition dates:

de Young, San Francisco, September 30, 2017–February 11, 2018

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), March 25–September 3, 2018

Phoenix Art Museum: October 6, 2018–January 27, 2019

Edited by: Matthew Robb
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 305mm, Width: 248mm, Spine: 41mm
Weight: 3.175kg
ISBN: 9780520296558
ISBN 10: 0520296559
Pages: 444
Publication Date: 26 September 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Directors’ Foreword Max Hollein and Michael Govan Foreword María Cristina García Cepeda Foreword Diego Prieto Hernández INTRODUCTION TO TEOTIHUACAN THE SUN PYRAMID THE MOON PYRAMID THE APARTMENT COMPOUNDS THE CIUDADELA AND THE FEATHERED SERPENT PYRAMID TEOTIHUACAN RELIGION TEOTIHUACAN ART MAP OF TEOTIHUACAN CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITION WITH MAPS Bibliography Index Acknowledgments List of Contributors Map Sources and Image Credits

Matthew H. Robb is chief curator of the Fowler Museum at UCLA and former curator, Arts of the Americas, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF).

Reviews for Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire

Those new to the wonders of this city as well as seasoned scholars of Teotihuacan will benefit from the text's wide-ranging perspectives, lavish color illustrations, and the copious number of objects thoughtfully explained in the catalogue entries. Educators can easily use this as a manual for incorporating Teotihuacan into their classes. -- (08/20/2018)