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COMPLETE ARTICLEart, Mexico, god, life, Cortes, death, city, gold, architecture, stone, country, Tenochititlan, pyramid, valley, land, Aztecs, built, religion, nature, streets, relentless, connection, Mexican, artistry, beautiful, sun, sculpture, masks, Olmecs, intricate.Summary:
The non-hurried pace of its people belies a pulsating life force so powerful in its expression that tomorrow is swept up in today, and the moment is all that exists.
Within the borders of this majestic but unpredictable country, the relentless cycle of birth, death, and re-birth is apparent everywhere - in the crumbling buildings in constant need of repair, in the narrow streets, muddy or dusty depending on the season, in the rapid flowering and decay of plant life and the high birth and death rate of all animal life.
This immediacy explains the tactile and sensual nature of Mexican art where vibrant color saturates the canvas of its painters and enriches the dye pots of its weavers, and where stone is carved or arranged in such intricate patterns that its very complexity creates a sense of color.
The powerful connection between god and art is responsible for the richly varied body of work Cortes found when he came to plunder the people.
It stands embedded in a vast black sea of basalt in the Pedregal section of Mexico City.
The supreme god, Ometeotl, Lord of Duality, who alone could make "oneness" was a belief held by the majority of people that inhabited this country.
Another site in the area gave up a golden diadem with plumes of beaten gold, golden breast plates, a golden collar with a fringe of golden bells, a mask of intricately carved gold, gold-beaded necklaces, each bead a carved head, gold ear pendants, rings, and bracelets, and lip ornaments of gold and jade.
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