In Mexico City, visit the Anthropology Museum to see the amazing art produced by all the diverse ancient cultures of (what is today) Mexico, and a short distance away, the amazing ancient city of Teotihuacan, and an early mission church with gorgeous frescoes and an Atrial cross at Acolman.
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Diego Rivera, third floor murals of the Secretaría de Educación Pública
For Rivera, the third floor murals of the SEP served as a tool to promote postrevolutionary Mexico and international socialism.
The Lord of Las Limas
Incised symbols on the Lord of Las Limas hint at the spiritual significance of this ancient Olmec sculpture.
Códice Maya de México
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The Códice Maya de México is a remarkable testament to the complexity of Maya astronomy.
Miguel de Herrera, Portrait of a Lady
Taking inspiration from European portraits, this painting shows off the wealth of the sitter in colonial Mexico with her elaborate fashion
La Casa del Deán in Puebla
What remains of the Casa del Deán is an outstanding example of renaissance architecture and murals made in the viceroyalty of New Spain.
Puebla de los Ángeles and the classical architectural tradition
The importance of classical architecture to Puebla’s 16th- and 17th-century colonial history helps to reframe our understanding of the renaissance as it has been traditionally understood.
Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and Hunting Scene (or Brooklyn Biombo)
Japanese objects came through Mexico on their way to Spain, and had a lasting impact on the arts of the Americas.
Diego Rivera, first and second floor murals of the Secretaría de Educación Pública
Diego Rivera's enormous mural cycle at the Ministry of Public Education celebrates Mexico: its festivals, its industries, and its people in over 100 panels
Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz, Christ Consoled by Angels
An 18th-century painting from New Spain visualizes Christ's suffering in New Spain
El Tajín
El Tajin has survived as an outstanding example of the grandeur and importance of the pre-Hispanic cultures of Mexico.
Rock paintings of Sierra de San Francisco
From c. 100 B.C.E. to 1300 C.E., the Sierra de San Francisco was home to a people who left one of the most outstanding collections of rock paintings in the world.
Xochicalco
Xochicalco is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a fortified political, religious and commercial centre from the troubled period of 650–900.
