The Churches of Chiloé represent a unique example in Latin America of an outstanding form of ecclesiastical wooden architecture.
South America
The ruins of São Miguel das Missões in Brazil, and those of San Ignacio Miní, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa María la Mayor in Argentina are the impressive remains of five Jesuit missions
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
The innovative techniques and aesthetic qualities of Nasca polychrome ceramics make them unique in the Andean region.
Nasca ceramics, an introduction
Pérez de Holguín creates an opulent vision of the city of Potosí, disregarding the infamous stories of poverty and exploitation in the mines of the Cerro Rico
Melchor Pérez de Holguín, Entry of the ...
The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Blacks in Ouro Preto is among the most famous of Black brotherhood churches founded in Brazil
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary ...
Why Peruvian fashion favored septum jewelry with spiders
Nose ornament with spiders
A flying figure and a cat animate this bowl from the ancient culture of Paracas, Peru.
Paracas Flying Figure Bowl
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
The main city center of Tiwanaku (centered in the Lake Titicaca region of present-day southern Peru and western Bolivia) boasted a population of 25,000–40,000.
Tiwanaku, an introduction
Get to know the richest burial site in the Western hemisphere.
The Moche Royal Tombs of Sipán
In Paracan culture, mummies were buried with lavish textiles and, offerings of food and jewelry to accompany the deceased into the afterlife.
Paracas Textiles: An Introduction
The arts of colonial Peru are neither fully pre-Columbian nor fully European, but a dynamic combination.
Introduction to the Viceroyalty of Peru
Guaman Poma's “The Bad Confession” image participates in a larger argument about the ability for native Andeans to rule themselves without Spanish intervention.
“Bad Confession” in Guaman Poma’s The First ...
The Nasca were interested in issues of design and abstraction centuries before the rise of abstract art in the twentieth century.
Nasca Art: Sacred Linearity and Bold Designs
This mantle suggests that Paracas society may have been the first in the Andes to engage in avian-inspired ritual performance.
Paracas Supernatural Bird Mantle
The major works of Paracas artists are a pinnacle of Andean textile art and acknowledged as among the most accomplished fiber arts ever created.
Paracas, an introduction
Over the course of more than three centuries, the Portuguese colony of Brazil bought and exploited the largest number of African slaves in the Americas.
An Antidote for Social Amnesia: The Memory ...
An introduction to the incredibly diverse art and architecture of colonial Brazil.
Introduction to colonial Brazil
The first public park in Brazil and a major urban planning commission awarded to an artist of African descent.
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