Aztec Religion and Art of Writing

Aztec Religion and Art of Writing
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 455
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ISBN-10 : 9789004392014
ISBN-13 : 9004392017
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Book Synopsis Aztec Religion and Art of Writing by : Isabel Laack

Download or read book Aztec Religion and Art of Writing written by Isabel Laack and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laack’s study presents an innovative interpretation of Aztec religion and art of writing. She explores the Nahua sense of reality from the perspective of the aesthetics of religion and analyzes Indigenous semiotics and embodied meaning in Mesoamerican pictorial writing.


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