Aztec art is one of the many popular Arts of Ancient History. It has been around for several hundred years or more. Aztec art is sometimes introduced through education and happens to be one of the more interesting courses for those interested in art. For those who have not yet been introduced to art in the Aztec form, you will be amazed at the beauty of this Art from this particular culture.
Art is a form of expression for the Aztecs or "mexicas". As every individual is different their ability to think, reason, and above all communicate, impact our lives differently as well. They communicated through various art forms such as relief sculpture (having front, sides, and attached to a background), full round (having a front, sides and a back), and line art. Architecture could also be considered to be artistic. In the case of Aztecs, they built pyramids as shelter, but were artistic indeed. Most of the Aztec art showed religious figures. Three of of the best known include: Huitozilopochitli, God of War, Coatlucue, Goddess of the Earth, and Mictlantecutli, god of Hell and Death.
"The Aztecs had three main groups of artisans: metal workers, stone workers, and feather workers. The metal workers made exquisite jewelry, statues, and gold ornaments for the gods. The stone workers polished jade and other gems to create necklaces, nose plugs, and gold plugs."(www.uwgb.edu) Plugs and feathers were allowed to be worn only by wealthy nobles. Feathers came from ducks, turkeys and tropical birds. The feather workers made headdresses, shields, and other things.
The Aztec calendar is the most familiar Aztec work done. It is very precise and unique. The Aztec calendar "kept two different aspects of time: tunalpohualli and xiuhpohualli. Each of these systems had a different purpose."(www.uwgb.edu) One was the "counting of the days" and the other was "counting of the years". Which is as precise as the 365-day calendar we use now.