Chalchiuhtlicue, Goddess of Water, Mexica (Aztec) culture, Mexico 13th-16th century Gift of Curtis Galleries, Minneapolis, MN 2009.33 Minneapolis Institute of Art

Richard Townsend ǀ Aztec Rites of World Renewal

Each spring, the Aztec emperor and allied kings from the Valley of Mexico made a pilgrimage to a distant mountaintop shrine to enthrone the rain god Tlaloc, summon the rain clouds, and usher in the annual season of planting and cultivation.

Join Richard Townsend of the Art Institute of Chicago in a look at these royal rites of renewal with an exploration of Aztec archaeological sites, sculptures, and illuminated pages from early 16th-century pictorial manuscripts.

For tickets, call (612) 870-6323 or reserve tickets online.

 

 

Chalchiuhtlicue, Goddess of Water, Mexica (Aztec) culture, Mexico 13th-16th century Gift of Curtis Galleries, Minneapolis, MN 2009.33 Minneapolis Institute of Art