Rivera made a case for the importance of artists in furthering the revolutionary project. Introduction Do you...
Latin America
Mighty indigenous empires fell in the Americas in the pursuit of exploiting resources. Introduction European explorers began...
In 1943, farmers from the village of La Victoria discovered a cache of buried items, including the...
Representations of archaeological exploration, the media, and cultural politics in the 1920s Yucatan. Abstract During the 1920s,...
The definition of Latino art is broad and includes art from Mexico, Central America, and Latin America...
Chalchiutlicue brings fertility to crops and is thought to protect women and children. Introduction Chalchiuhtlicue (also spelled...
In the 1700s, Day of the Dead generated the largest annual market in Mexico City. Introduction As...
Here’s what you need to know about the past, present, and future of this harmful policy. After...
Peruvian Carlos Baca Flor excelled in the study of the nude model and Colombian artist Francisco A....
These images were made in the Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain by Indigenous artist-scribes in 1531 to...
Refugees keep coming because we have offloaded the costs of the drug war on Latin America. By...
Why were such lavish portraits of nuns created on the occasion of their profession, and who were...
The theme of protection of Christians and the Christian faith was common in the Spanish viceroyalties of...
In 1646, a Chilean man named Alonso de Ovalle published an illustrated text titled Historical account of the...
Violence continues to rage in Mexico more than a decade after former President Felipe Calderon launched a...
We see an artist attempting to represent the diverse ethnic makeup of the Spanish viceroyalty of New...
They followed a similar pattern of studying abroad for a few years and returning home to teach...
Works of Mesoamerican art often include references to calendars and time. Introduction We think of calendars as...
The Portuguese colonization of Brazil was initially quite different from the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Introduction...
Marx was a seminal figure in twentieth-century landscape design and plant conservation. By Tom Christopher Born in...
Russians refer to the event as the “Caribbean Crisis.” Cubans refer to it as the “October Crisis.”...
The tlacuilo (codex painter) tradition endured the transition to colonial culture. Introduction Aztec codices (singular codex) are...
We know there are successful alternatives to prohibition. By (Ret.) Detective Russell Jones The American War on...
The Portuguese colonization of Brazil was like that of Spanish Latin America. The Portuguese Colonization of Brazil...
Recalling a time when Pinochet along with President Nixon and Henry Kissinger forced upon Chile economic policies...
In Latin America several countries are under turmoil, as people cannot even meet their most basics needs....
What happens in El Norte doesn’t stay in El Norte. By Rebecca Gordon It’s hard to believe...
When artists painted more than one revolution. The Mexican Revolution of 1910, which ended the 35-year presidency...
The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw a growth in the inland exploration of Latin America. Introduction The...
From as early as the pre-Columbian era, there existed networks of exchange among the early civilizations of...