Locking Eyes with the Sun
Perception, Landscape, and the Fame of Greenstone in a Sixteenth-Century Nahuatl Narrative
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22159801 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allison Caplan (0000-0003-0366-0074, Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | MAVCOR Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2475-2428 • E-ISSN: 2475-2428 |
| Publisher | Center for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.22332/mav.ess.2021.3 |
| OpenAlex | W4286607814 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
As understood from two closely related versions in Books 10 and 11 of the Florentine Codex, a narrative describing interactions between a human knower, sun, and precious stones enables a new interpretation of Nahua accounts of precious stones releasing vapors, while also providing greater insight into the nature of sensory experience in Nahua thought more generally
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Literature · Nahuatl · Narrative · Perception · Visual arts · Archaeology and Natural History · History · Latin American history and culture · Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |