Aztec Pre Columbian Calendar Sun Stone
by Peter Ogden
Title
Aztec Pre Columbian Calendar Sun Stone
Artist
Peter Ogden
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art
Description
This is a boldly colorized modernized copy of the famous Pre-Columbian Aztec Sun Stone also known as the Aztec Sundial.
The Aztec Sun Stone is a late post classic Mexica sculpture in the collection of the National Anthropology Museum of Mexico City. This Mexican Pre-columbian Hispanic artifact is probably the most well known example of Mexica sculpture. Soon after the Spanish conquered Mexico, this enormous sculpture was entombed in the Zócalo, the primary public plaza of Mexico City. The Sun Stone was found again on December 17th, 1790 while renovations were being made to the great Mexico City Cathedral. After it was rediscovered, the Sun Stone was installed on an outside wall of the cathedral, where it stood until 1885. Scholars first believed that the Sun Stone had been sculpted in the 1470s; contemporary research indicates that the stone was sculpted during the first quarter of the sixteenth century, circa 1500-1525.
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April 12th, 2021
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