[Aztlan] SACKLER ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY SYMPOSIUM; THE AZTEC EMPIRE; ICONOGRAPHIES AND IDEOLOGIES OF POWER

[michael ruggeri]

Friday, November 2
University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts
Sackler Art and Archaeology Symposium

THE AZTEC EMPIRE: ICONOGRAPHIES AND IDEOLOGIES OF POWER
Beverly and Raymond Sackler
Art and Archaeology Lectures Symposium, 2007
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
University of Connecticut
To examine empire in the context of Aztec Mesoamerica is to think  
critically about the dynamics of power. Comparative study of the  
Aztec empire – especially of the cultural, political and economic  
structures it used to assert control –furthers our understanding of  
diverse imperial polities, and provides crucial insight into the  
phenomenon of imperialism itself. From the religious and political  
significance of Templo Mayor sculptures, to commoner arts and their  
influence on monumental stone sculpture of the Aztec state; from the  
material evidence of temple architecture to pottery, the mechanisms  
of Aztec imperial rule have much to teach us today.

The 6th annual Beverly and Raymond Sackler Art and Archaeology  
Symposium investigates the nature of Aztec imperial organization. The  
symposium addresses issues such as the Aztec promotion of hegemonic  
(vs. strictly military) control over a diverse group of quasi- 
independent city-states, and imperial integration of economics,  
religion and politics in state rituals. Speakers will also examine  
the complex interactions between ruling metropole and subject  
peoples. Through these interactions, the central Aztec state  
negotiated economic and social stability with its peripheral  
neighbors so as to counteract political instability.
Schedule for Friday November 2nd, 2007

Dr. David G. Woods, Dean of the School of Fine Arts, University of  
Connecticut
2 p.m.: Introduction
Dr. Michael E. Smith, Arizona State University
2:15 p.m.
“Material culture of the Aztec Empire in central Mexico: local,  
regional, and global patterns.”
Dr. Cecelia Klein, University of California, Los Angeles
3:00 p.m.
“From Clay to Stone: The Role of Ceramic Figurines in the Formation  
of the Official Aztec Pantheon.”

Tea Break

Dr. Elizabeth Brumfiel, Northwestern University
4:00 p.m.
"Cosmology at home"

Dr. Eulogio Guzmán, Boston Museum of Fine Arts School/Tufts University
4:45p.m.
“Iconographic Variability: Shifting Meanings in Aztec Sculpture and  
the Political Expansion of the Mexica State”
Location
The Beverly and Raymond Sackler Art and Archaeology Lectures  
Symposium is open to the University community and the greater public.

Admission is free and a reception follows.

The symposium will be held at the Thomas. J. Dodd Research Center,  
405 Babbidge Road, on the Storrs campus of the University of  
Connecticut.
The Beverly and Raymond Sackler Art and Archaeology Lectures
The Beverly and Raymond Sackler Art and Archaeology Lectures, now in  
their sixth year, provide a unique opportunity to explore critical  
issues in the fields of Archaeology and Art History on the University  
of Connecticut campus at Storrs. This annual symposium fosters an  
exchange of ideas between scholars, faculty, and students across the  
University of Connecticut campus, and throughout the New England  
area. Dr. Raymond Sackler and his wife Beverly have generously  
provided funding to make this event possible.
For more information and directions, please explore this website, or  
contact Professor Robin Greeley at robin.greeley at uconn.edu.

http://www.art.uconn.edu/events/sackler/sackler_2007.htm








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