LACMA’s newest exhibition,Children of the Plumed Serpent: The
Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico, opens to the public
this Sunday (members get exclusive previews Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday). Children of the Plumed Serpent is the first major
survey of art created by a particular alliance of ancient
kingdoms in southern Mexico who believed its people to be direct
descendants of the Plumed Serpent god, Queztzalcoatl. Featuring
more than two hundred objects, including painted codices, gold,
turquoise mosaics, and ceramics, Children of the Plumed Serpent
explores the incredible aesthetic and economic achievements of
these little-known cultures. Now that the installation is
complete, we thought we would give you a behind-the-scenes look
at the creation of this major exhibition. These pair of
monumental feet come from the site of Tula. The feet belonged to
an atlantid warrior who stood behind the column fragment in the
third picture below. These pair of monumental feet come from the
site of Tula. The feet