Depicting nudes became a way for some nineteenth-century Latin American artists to challenge conventions, paving a way towards modernism.
Dr. Maya Jiménez
The allure of Paris attracted 19th-century Latin American artists, who eagerly traveled to this artistic capital in the absence of an art school back home.
Latin American artists learning in Paris
Elites of New Spain decorated their private residencies with portraits, furniture, silver, textiles, and ceramics to showcase their wealth and status in colonial society.
Elite secular art in New Spain
The Muisca would honor a new leader by covering his body in gold dust and then submerging him, his raft, and other offerings into the sacred lake.
Muisca Raft
The allure of Paris attracted 19th-century Latin American artists, who eagerly traveled to this artistic capital in the absence of an art school back home.
Latin American artistic pilgrimages to Paris
Zemis were powerful objects that could have an impact in any aspect of Taíno life, influencing the social standing, political power, or fertility of an individual.
Taíno Zemis and Duhos
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Coming Soon: Diquís pendants and bolas
Many Taíno words, such as canoe, hammock, and tobacco, still exist in today’s Spanish as well as English vocabulary.
Introduction to Taíno art
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Coming Soon: Avant-garde art in Argentina
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The goal of the eagle warrior was to capture the greatest number of captives, who would then be sacrificed to the Mexica gods. All warriors rose in rank according to the number of captives they acquired.
Eagle Warrior (Mexica)
Modern architecture in Mexico and Brazil adapts the ideas of Le Corbusier in surprising and important ways.
International Style architecture in Mexico and Brazil
Latin American artists in the nineteenth century developed interests in painting the local landscape as a way to create a sense of pride in their country’s past, present, and future.
Landscape Painting in Nineteenth-Century Latin America
Frida Kahlo painted 55 self-portraits, demonstrating the importance of this genre to her artistic oeuvre.
Frida Kahlo, introduction
Roman mythology, Christian iconography, European painting and sculpture, and indigenous traditions come together in the art of South America soon after the Spanish conquest.
Early Viceregal Architecture and Art in Colombia
Built by Catholic monks to convert the Indigenous population, these spaces combined Mesoamerica and European forms.
Mission churches as theaters of conversion in ...
European explorers enhanced knowledge of the new world, but their efforts were soured by an air of re-conquest.
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