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24-448: The murals of Teotihuacán are very different from artistic representations found in neighboring centers. Few aspects of daily life are represented; the murals are predominantly abstract depictions of mythical deities that probably reflect a communal belief system. Teotihuacán is also unique in the fact that, even though it is contemporaneous with initial Mayan centers, there are relatively few hieroglyphic inscriptions. Esther Pasztory , of

48-654: A city in Polk County , Oregon , United States. The population was 1,051 at the 2020 census . It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area . Falls City is named after a waterfall ( Berry Creek Falls ) in the Little Luckiamute River that passes through the center of town. In the past it was a lumbermill town and once had three mills in operation, a bank, hotel, soda shop, jail, and several grocery stores and bars. It formerly supported

72-423: A draftsman for the architectural firm of Bliss & Faville. It was here that Wagner became adamantly interested in art . Influenced by his mentor, William Faville, and Arthur and Lucia Mathews, popular decor artists in the area, Wagner began to learn and collect art from around the world. In the 1950s, he traveled for the first time to Mexico . He eventually purchased a house there where he lived part-time. It

96-620: A large logging population and other population centers in the hills of the Coast Range , such as the smaller lumber-based community of Black Rock and the company-owned mill town Valsetz . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 1.20 square miles (3.11 km ), all of it land. The city of Falls City experiences warm and dry summers, and cold and wet winters, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F or 22 °C. According to

120-505: A male householder with no wife present, and 28.7% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.98. The median age in the city was 43.5 years. 22.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21% were from 25 to 44; 31.9% were from 45 to 64; and 16.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of

144-492: The Köppen Climate Classification , Falls City has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate , abbreviated Csb on climate maps. As of the census of 2010, there were 947 people, 366 households, and 261 families residing in the city. The population density was 789.2 inhabitants per square mile (304.7/km ). There were 395 housing units at an average density of 329.2 per square mile (127.1/km ). The racial makeup of

168-484: The Xolalpan stage of Teotihuacán (~AD 400), however, murals could be found in a wider variety of structures including many porticoes of apartment compounds. Additionally, themes of mythical supernatural deities and the increase in hieroglyphic notations led Pasztory to conclude that this change may mark a sort of decentralization within the society. The Wagner Murals may help to show this process of decentralization. One of

192-575: The Houston and Milwaukee Collections. All of the figures are facing to the right and disks are placed at regular intervals above the depictions. If the proportions of this room were equivalent to those found in Teopancaxco (9mx3.4m), then this mural would have contained 20 figures surrounding the room, possibly led by the Storm God. Additionally, various glyphs under many of these tasseled headdresses may denote

216-650: The Teotihuacán Murals Project, has postulated that they wanted to create an art style distinctly different the preceding Olmec culture and the contemporaneous Mayan centers. They were not interested in displaying a succession of kingship as commonly shown in other cultures of the area. Early murals at the site are generally found located in small temples along the Avenue of the Dead and depict animals such as quetzals and felines as well as various plant varieties. During

240-403: The average family size was 3.25. In the city, the population was spread out, with 31.0% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.4 males. The median income for a household in the city

264-614: The best examples of this transition comes from the Feathered Serpents and Flowering Trees mural. While there are depictions of serpents and floral aspects common in early Teotihuacán artwork, within the flowering trees there are relatively rare depictions of simple glyphs . In all, there are four feathered serpents (two from the Wagner Collection) that accompany nine plants each. It has been suggested from some scholars that these nine plants with nine different glyphs may represent

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288-546: The city was 51.5% male and 48.5% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 966 people, 338 households, and 255 families residing in the city. The population density was 785.2 inhabitants per square mile (303.2/km ). There were 373 housing units at an average density of 303.2 per square mile (117.1/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 92.86% White, 0.93% African American, 1.66% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.21% Pacific Islander, 1.04% from other races, and 3.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.62% of

312-443: The city was 91.6% White , 0.1% African American , 2.3% Native American , 0.4% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 1.8% from other races , and 3.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.2% of the population. There were 366 households, of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.4% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.6% had

336-616: The emergence of the Wagner Murals. Esther Pasztory Esther Pasztory (1943-June 25, 2024) was a professor of Pre-Columbian art history at Columbia University . From 1997 to her retirement in 2013, she held the Lisa and Bernard Selz Chair in Art History and Archaeology. Among her many publications are the first art historical manuscripts on Teotihuacan and the Aztecs . She has been

360-551: The end, Wagner donated the entire collection to the de Young Museum in San Francisco, USA, as part of his will shortly following his death in 1976. Since that time, the collection has been extensively studied by numerous academics of Teotihuacán culture. Because of excessive looting at the site of Teotihuacán, partly due to illegal sacking for the private market, academic and archeological work has been painstakingly difficult to undertake. Very few murals were known in situ before

384-788: The fragments were traced back in 1983 and 1984 by Rene Millon to the Techinantitla compound, some 500 yards east of the Avenue of the Dead and Pyramid of the Moon. The remainder of the fragments were traced by Millon to the Tlacuilapaxco compound. Harald Wagner was born in Falls City, Oregon in 1903. He later went on to obtain a degree in Architecture from the University of Oregon at Eugene. In 1927, Wagner moved to San Francisco and went to work as

408-553: The headdress to Great Goddess as seen in the Tetitla compound. This helps to show how these murals, while out of context, can help growing scholarship on interpretation. These murals could aide in Pasztory's notion of the transition in Teotihuacán culture. In the time of the Wagner Murals, iconography was used denote communal ideology and individual identification as well. Almost all of

432-433: The individual names with which they are associated. As there are no discernible borders at the corners where the mural would be adjoined, these figures are thought to have been read continuously as one viewed them from wall to wall. A border of footprints along the top of the mural pieces helps to strengthen this notion. While the figures in this particular group seem to represent specific people or deities in Teotihuacán,

456-456: The institution in 1971 for a dissertation entitled "The Murals of Tepantitla, Teotihuacan". Her research into the Great Goddess of Teotihuacan has been influential and provided the basis for many later art historical studies. This biographical article about an American art historian is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Falls City, Oregon Falls City is

480-673: The nine lords of the underworld. It also may be one of the first references of the migration myth of the eight tribes of the Aztecs leaving the cave of origin. Another predominant theme represented in a number of the Wagner Murals is the image of a figure wearing a three-tassel headdress . Thought to be connected with independent collections called the St. Louis and San Francisco Collections respectively, these figures are presumed to be originally found in Techinantila compound of Teotihuacán. Additional figures of similar form and colorations are found in

504-404: The population. There were 338 households, out of which 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.3% were non-families. 19.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.86 and

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528-534: The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (1987–88) and a senior fellow of the board of Dumbarton Oaks . Pasztory was born in Hungary and immigrated to the United States in 1956 after the anti-Communist revolutions. She was initially educated at Vassar College but later transferred to Barnard College where she received her B.A. in art history in 1965. She remained at Columbia University and received her Ph.D. from

552-404: The three-tassel headdress also seems to become a symbol for the people themselves. In distant areas like Tikal, for example, this three-tassel motif also shows up. On Stela 31 there is a depiction of what may be a military figure with a shield that is adorned with this very symbol. On a further note, the Storm God is always shown with the tassel headdress. Additionally, there are connections of

576-468: Was here that, in the mid-1960s, he began to acquire a collection of mural pieces from the city of Teotihuacán. His combined interest in architecture and its various artistic components fueled his ambition and his collection quickly grew to over seventy pieces. Although it seems that his original intention of this collection was to sell it for profit, increased awareness of the ethical implications of acquiring such collections nullified their marketability. In

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