Aztecs

Published to accompany the exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (2002-2003) this comprehensive volume - with over five hundred superb colorplates presents works of turquoise, gold, and jade,polychrome ceramics, illustrated codices and manuscripts, and monumental stone and wood sculptures - represents a marvelous culture that in the space of only 200 years from 1325 to 1521 created one of the more impressive "legacy civilizations" in world history. 520p. Lacking dust jacket.