A rare and elaborate child portrait from Venezuela by an Afro-descendant artist.
South America after independence
Ferrez intentionally concealed the brutal and inhumane conditions of slavery in Brazil in his photograph
Marc Ferrez, Slaves at a Coffee Yard ...
Depicting nudes became a way for some nineteenth-century Latin American artists to challenge conventions, paving a way towards modernism.
The challenge of the nude in 19th-century ...
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
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
European explorers enhanced knowledge, but their efforts were soured by an air of re-conquest.
Early Scientific Exploration in Latin America
Stereotypical folkloric scenes were widely circulated, shaping perceptions of Latin America at home and abroad.
Costumbrismo
The Colombian Chorographic Commission mapped the country while also documenting the landscape and its people.
Carmelo Fernández, The Strait of Furatena in ...
Enlightenment ideals of democracy planted the seeds for colonial movements in the Spanish colonies of the Americas.
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