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
Location City: Mexico City
An 18th-century painting from New Spain visualizes Christ's suffering in New Spain
Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz, Christ Consoled by ...
Life-size terracotta sculptures of the god of the underworld and eagle warriors were found in the House of the Eagles in the sacred precinct of the Aztec (Mexica) capital of Tenochtitlan
The House of the Eagles, and sculptures ...
Vilar's sculpture of Tlahuicole draws on the style of Neoclassicism to show the heroic Tlaxcalan warrior Tlahuicole who battled the Aztecs
Manuel Vilar, Tlahuicole
An elaborate Aztec brazier of Chicomecoatl was used to burn offerings to the gods
Brazier of Chicomecoatl
An enormous cactus in the Mexican landscape is captured in amazing detail by the painter José María Velasco in teh 19th century
José María Velasco, The Candelabrum
Francisco Goitia's image of universal suffering confronts us directly
Francisco Goitia, Tata Jesucristo
Parra uses a 16th-century friar to comment on 19th-century events, as artists began to make a new art for a new nation.
Félix Parra, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas
There is no “right way” to read this mural because there is no clear beginning or end to the story. The viewer is required to construct their own history of Mexico
The History of Mexico: Diego Rivera’s Murals ...
This ivory sculpture of Jesus traveled between three continents.
Christ Crucified, a Hispano-Philippine ivory
Santiago became an important saint in New Spain, recast to convey Spanish dominance over the Indigenous population in the sixteenth century.
Saintly violence? Santiago on Horseback
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)
What exactly is the surprise that this painting holds in store for us? There are several interpretations.
Picturing Racial and Social Identities in José ...
What does the music of heaven sound like?
What does the music of heaven sound ...
Drawing attention to the untold stories and silenced voices of women.
Mónica Mayer, The Clothesline
This multimedia architectural altarpiece took two decades to complete, and required teams of workers in many media.
Jerónimo de Balbás, Altar of the Kings (Altar ...
The Spanish destroyed the main Aztec temple: an expression of spiritual and political conquest.
Unearthing the Aztec past, the destruction of ...
Capable of being male or female, the Earth Lord Tlaltecuhtli is shown here as a woman who has given birth.
Monolith of Tlaltecuhtli (Earth Lord)
A continuous narrative, this shows three different parts of the story, each in a different part of the landscape.
Baltasar de Echave Ibía, The Hermits
This vessel represents the goggle-eyed deity associated with rain and crops, critical for the agricultural Aztecs.
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