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Aztecs [videorecording (DVD)] / Illuminations.

Contributor(s): Gormley, Antony [hst.] | Wyver, John | Machin, Louise | Illuminations (Firm) | Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) | Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexico) | Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico) | Mexico Tourism Board.
Material type: materialTypeLabelVisual materialPublisher: London : Illuminations, 2002Description: 1 videodisc (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Other title: Aztecs : the exposition of a culture [Title from DVD container:].Subject(s): Aztec art | Aztecs -- Antiquities | Aztecs -- History | Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities | Mexico -- AntiquitiesDDC classification: 972.01
Production Credits: Original music, Colin Wisdon-Fletcher ; computer animation, Robert Tavernor and Henry Chow ; production team, Sam Flynn, Seb Grant, Tom Hawksley, Loic Leveque, Louise Machin, Jen Reznick, Ian Serfontein, Philip Timm, David Woolley, John Wyver.
Presenter, Antony Gormley.Summary: AZTECS introduces the last great civilisation of central Mexico, which flourished from the mid-14th century to its destruction by the invading Spanish in 1521. Presented by sculptor Antony Gormley, the film complements the major 2002-3 exhibition of Aztec culture at London's Royal Academy. Many of the extraordinary and splendid works loaned to this show are illustrated, along with sculptures and other objects filmed in Mexico City and at important Aztec sites. With contributions from British and Mexican curators and academics, the film explores how the nomadic tribe of the Aztecs drew inspiration from earlier cultures. It looks at the Aztec understanding of the natural world, at their complex system of gods and at the importance to their religion of human sacrifice and ritual blood-letting. The sophistication and variety of their art is extensively illustrated, along with the exquisite craftsmanship of their manuscripts and their jewellery in turquoise and gold.
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Documentary looking at the art and architectural styles of the Aztec empire, examining the Aztecs' understanding of the natural world, their complicated theology, and the importance to their religion of blood-letting and human sacrifice.

This DVD version of Aztecs is a specially extended edition with exclusive material of a film originally commissioned by Five.

Produced with the support of Conaculta-Inha, Mexico Tourism Board.

Original music, Colin Wisdon-Fletcher ; computer animation, Robert Tavernor and Henry Chow ; production team, Sam Flynn, Seb Grant, Tom Hawksley, Loic Leveque, Louise Machin, Jen Reznick, Ian Serfontein, Philip Timm, David Woolley, John Wyver.

Presenter, Antony Gormley.

AZTECS introduces the last great civilisation of central Mexico, which flourished from the mid-14th century to its destruction by the invading Spanish in 1521. Presented by sculptor Antony Gormley, the film complements the major 2002-3 exhibition of Aztec culture at London's Royal Academy. Many of the extraordinary and splendid works loaned to this show are illustrated, along with sculptures and other objects filmed in Mexico City and at important Aztec sites. With contributions from British and Mexican curators and academics, the film explores how the nomadic tribe of the Aztecs drew inspiration from earlier cultures. It looks at the Aztec understanding of the natural world, at their complex system of gods and at the importance to their religion of human sacrifice and ritual blood-letting. The sophistication and variety of their art is extensively illustrated, along with the exquisite craftsmanship of their manuscripts and their jewellery in turquoise and gold.

DVD ; PAL ; Widescreen.