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17 lut 2015 · Rather, the focus is on generic forms and stylistic conventions, chiefly in the representation of gods such as the huge Great Goddess statue, from basaltic lava and standing 3.2 metres high, discovered near the Pyramid of the Moon and dating to before 300 CE.
The Great Goddess produced reciprocating panels or scrolls filled with greenstone and fertility icons as symbols of her sacrifice in her transformation into the Storm God to make rain possible.
24 lis 2020 · The pyramid was dedicated to the Great Goddess of Teotihuacan, a goddess associated with water, fertility and the earth. Historians have hypothesised that this is therefore what the moon was also linked to, given the pyramid’s name.
5 sty 2018 · The art and architecture of the city shows it was a polytheistic society, with the primary deity being the Great Goddess of Teotihuacan, which is depicted as a spider goddess.
Found throughout the city on the walls of apartment compounds such as Tetitla, the paintings depict a wide range of images centered around two major deities: a female known as the Great Goddess and a male known as the Storm God (or Tlaloc). The Great Goddess is usually depicted frontally, with additional motifs pertaining to agricultural fertility.
Teotihuacan, the largest city of the ancient Americas, is renowned for the large scale and ceremonial grandeur of its monumental architecture, introduction of collectivized residential structures, and development of many complex arts.
Notable for monumental sculptures and dedicatory offering of artworks and precious objects, the Feathered Serpent Pyramid and the Ciudadela that encloses it comprise a monumental architectural complex of Teotihuacan, Mexico.
