‘The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire’ Where: Getty Villa, 7985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades When: Wednesday through July 5; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays to ...

When Cortés and his conquistadors overran the Aztec empire in 1520 ... “In an effort to understand this New World custom and mythology, they used a European comparison, likening the Aztecs ...

In “Aztec Pantheon,” with an eye on its Mexican American audience, the Getty is celebrating the bicentennial of Mexican independence by exploring how Europeans came to understand the Aztecs ...

Neither Aztec nor Nahua describe a single group of ... through peaceful means-- the Mexica adopted more than 100 local deities into their pantheon while also inserting their own beliefs and ...