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品名（中）	Temple模型
品名（英）	Temple Model
入馆年号	1994年，1994.35.46
策展部门	迈克尔·洛克菲勒之翼（The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1400 - 公元 1521
创作地区	墨西哥, 格雷罗（？）（Mexico, Guerrero (?)）
分类	陶瓷雕塑（Ceramics-Sculpture）
尺寸	高 4 7/8 × 宽 2 1/4 × 深 2 1/2 英寸 (12.4 × 5.7 × 6.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	1519年西班牙人抵达首都特诺奇蒂特兰时，阿兹特克皇帝统治了现在墨西哥中部的大部分地区和危地马拉的部分地区。从十四世纪开始，墨西哥（众所周知的核心文化群体）与已建立的王国和城邦结成联盟，以相当快的速度巩固了其以贡品为基础的帝国。他们的帝国战略的一部分包括传播官方宗教。阿兹特克神庙模型广泛分布，作为帝国在家庭层面促进国家宗教扩张的工具阿兹特克神庙模型复制了其全尺寸模型的关键细节，可能充当了这些建筑的替身，或充当了神灵的尘世之家。有些人在山顶上有一个人物，可能代表一个神，一个神的模仿者，甚至是神庙本身的拟人化。这些模型中的大多数都是从底部到顶部的正方形。圆形底座的例子与供奉风神埃赫卡特的圆形神庙结构相呼应。这些模型和阿兹特克神庙一样，都是用冲压模具制造的，数量相当多。
介绍（英）	Aztec emperors ruled over a vast portion of what is now Central Mexico and parts of Guatemala at the time Spaniards arrived in the capital of Tenochtitlan in 1519. From humble beginnings in the fourteenth century, the Mexica (as the core cultural group is properly known) formed alliances with established kingdoms and city-states, consolidating their tribute-based empire with considerable speed. Part of their imperial strategy included the dissemination of an official religion. Aztec temple models were distributed widely, functioning as tools of empire to promote the expansion of the state religion at the household level. Aztec temple models replicate key details of their full-size counterparts and may have acted as stand-ins for these buildings or served as earthly homes for deities. Some include a figure at the summit, perhaps representing a deity, a deity impersonator, or even a personification of the temple itself. Most of these models are square from the base through the summit. Examples with a circular base echo the rounded structures of temples dedicated to the wind god, Ehecatl. Made in considerable numbers with the use of press molds, these models, like the Aztec temples, were once painted in bright colors.