Mezcala Culture Mexico, Circa. 200 BC-Circa. 1000 AD
four-columned temple surmounted by a cornice, Mexique, Circa. 350-100 BC
Green andesite with a very finely polished surface
14,6 x 14,3 x 2,1 cm
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The discovery of a language for the schematic representation of forms by the Mezcala tradition is one of the most significant contributions to Mesoamerican art. I believe that the Mezcala...
The discovery of a language for the schematic representation of forms by the Mezcala tradition is one of the most significant contributions to Mesoamerican art. I believe that the Mezcala phenomenon should be understood as a fortunate combination of two elements: on one hand, a very clear symbolic intention that required a certain level of abstraction, and on the other, a material and technique that favored the primarily rectilinear and geometric execution of the different forms. It seems to be schematic representations of temples, and it is likely that they played a central role in Mezcala funerary complexes. They would have been linked to the representation of the "world," which, in miniature, accompanied the deceased.