<p>Las representaciones mexicas de la muerte nos roban el aliento porque nos confrontan ante la dimension estetica de aquello que nos rebasa. Pareciera que con estas piezas lo terrible nos conmueve y cobra, asi, carta de naturalidad en nuestra experiencia del arte. Cual era el destino de los hombres despues de la muerte? Que determinaba el lugar al que se iba despues de morir? Como eran sus rituales mortuorios? Un numero perturbador que remueve nuestras inquietudes por el misterio de la existencia.<br />
Mexica representations of death steal our breath because we are confronted with the aesthetic dimension of that which transcends us. It seems that with these pieces as terrible moves us and get paid, so, naturally letter in our experience of art. What was the fate of men after death? What determined the place you are going after death? What were their death rituals? A disturbing number that removes our concerns about the mystery of existence.</p>

Muerte azteca-mexica. Artes de Mexico # 96 (bilingual: Spanish/English) (Spanish and English Edition)

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