Scene from a colonial codex depicting a violent encounter
Artista: Anónimo purépecha
Siglo XVI · México
Colección: Arte Purepecha
This colonial codex, by anonymous Purépecha authorship, illustrates a violent encounter with a pictorial style characteristic of pre-Columbian indigenous traditions adapted to colonial narrative. The scene, which appears to recreate a historical or mythological event, employs a vibrant color palette.
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