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Painting · c. 1520 · Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) · Americas

A screenfold ritual calendar in pure Aztec style; scholars debate whether it predates the conquest

Style

Aztec Art — Imperial propaganda in stone: cosmos, sacrifice and the ruler's power carved in basalt

Century

16th century

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• c. 1524–1534 Palazzo del Te — Giulio Romano · Mannerism · Mantua
• c. 1526–1530 Baburnama — Babur · Agra
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What was happening in the world

• 1517 Luther's Ninety-five Theses
• 1519–1522 Magellan's circumnavigation
• 1520–1566 Reign of Suleiman the Magnificent
• 1521 Fall of Tenochtitlan
• 1532 Capture of Atahualpa at Cajamarca
• 1508–1512 Sistine Chapel ceiling