Aztec art is not, in fact, ancient.

And they are magnetic in the peculiar way that makes Aztec art such a complicated experience.

Throughout, there are vivid Mexican tiles, Aztec art and eye-catching pictures of colorfully clad people.

Aztec art is on view at the Royal Museum in Brussels to April 17.

When a big survey of Aztec art opened in London in 2002, everybody flipped out.

A parallel example is provided by obsidian mirrors, ritual objects widely depicted in Aztec art.

Perhaps the most well-known work of Aztec art is the calendar stone, which has become a national symbol of the state of Mexico.

Ms. Pasztory is a Mesoamerican specialist who has written, among other things, a fine book on Aztec art.

The conviction here is characteristic of Olmec, Aztec and Maya art.

Aztec art was cited as inspiring her use of orange in early lines.