New Spain consisted of Mexico, much of Central America, parts of the West Indies, from California to Florida, and the Philippines.
c. 1521–1821 C.E.
New Spain consisted of Mexico, much of Central America, parts of the West Indies, from California to Florida, and the Philippines.
c. 1521–1821 C.E.
Columbus's voyage marked an important moment for both Europe and the Americas—expanding the known world on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and ushering in an era of major transformations in the cultures and lives of people across the globe.
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From a live webinar: Dr. Elena FitzPatrick Sifford on Casta paintings
Did you know that the first American Revolution took place in New Mexico?
A pendant triptych in boxwood and feathers reveals the dynamic global interactions between Europe and the Americas in the 1500s
The early art of Hispaniola is important because the island was the first point of long-term contact between the cultures of Europe, America, and Africa.
These challenging paintings visually separate Indigenous Americans from the Spanish elite; most were exported.
A manuscript tells the Indigenous side of a historic battle in Aztec Tenochtitlan.
Throughout the colonial period, this reproductive medium allowed for the wide circulation of images to a broad public, creating a shared religious and political culture.
This ivory sculpture of Jesus traveled between three continents.
Santiago became an important saint in New Spain, recast to convey Spanish dominance over the Indigenous population in the sixteenth century.
The first book ever printed by an American author was Rhetorica Christiana by Diego de Valadés, who was born in Mexico to a Spanish conquistador father and an indigenous mother.
Find out what happens to classical Renaissance architecture when it arrives in New Spain.
Once there was a color so valuable that emperors and conquistadors coveted it, and so did kings and cardinals. Artists went wild over it. Pirates ransacked ships for it.
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