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Art History Virtual Exhibition

Mexican Masks, Past and Present: Researched by Emily McClain and Joshua Burd

January, 2021 by Sarah Teel

Masks have a long history in Mesoamerica, and they have been used in theatrical productions, dances, and rituals in Mexico from ancient times through the present day.  Of these five masks, two are reproductions of ancient masks, one is an actual ancient mask, and two are 20th-century masks likely worn in modern Mestizo (mixed Hispanic and indigenous cultures) festival … [Read more...] about Mexican Masks, Past and Present: Researched by Emily McClain and Joshua Burd

Filed Under: 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: 20th century art, aztec mestizo cultures, ceramic mortuary mask, ceramics, colima culture, early 21st century art, early classic period, los negritos, mangianni, mexican mestizo cultures, mexico dance mask, mixtec culture, mixtec mestizo cultures, mortuary mask, olmec culture, olmec mask, postclassic period, preclassic/formative period, reproduction, st. james, xipe totec, xipe totec mask

Traditional Maya 20th-century Clothing: Researched by Vinita Williams

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

Contemporary Maya cultures in Guatemala produce elaborate textiles using traditional methods for spinning, dying, weaving, and embroidering cloth that have been passed down by the women of their cultures for centuries. Each Maya region is known for its own version of colorful traditional clothing outfits, called trajes. While women in more rural areas continue to wear the traje … [Read more...] about Traditional Maya 20th-century Clothing: Researched by Vinita Williams

Filed Under: 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: 20th century, backstrap looms, embroidery, guatemala, huipil, jaspe sash, maya culture, rebozo, trajes, tupuy hair ornament

Maya Hand-Woven Textiles: Researched by Abigail Morrow

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

This small textile is a sample of traditional Maya weaving, possibly serving as a napkin or just as a sampler.  Maya textiles are more typically created as large pieces of fabric, intended to be made into traditional clothing, that are hand-woven on a backstrap loom.  This piece is striped in different colors of traditionally hand-dyed cotton, but because of global trade, today … [Read more...] about Maya Hand-Woven Textiles: Researched by Abigail Morrow

Filed Under: 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: 20th century, embroidery, hand-woven textile, maya, maya culture, maya hand-woven textile

Zapotec Mestizo Blackware: Researched by Daniel Hume

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

This large vessel was created by Reina Simon L. from the village of San Bartolo Coyotepec, using the traditional grey clay of this region that is gathered from the clay mines near the community. While such pottery has been created and used for water vessels, or ollas, for centuries by the Zapotec people of this region, in the 1950s potter Rosa Real Mateo de Nieto started a new … [Read more...] about Zapotec Mestizo Blackware: Researched by Daniel Hume

Filed Under: 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: barro negro, blackware, blackware ceramic, ceramic, late 20th century art, olla, reina simon l, san bartolo coyotepec, zapotec mestizo culture

Tepache Vessel with Three Calla Lilies on Lid: Researched by Sarah Teel

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

Tepache vessels are known today as elaborately decorated ceramic vessels produced for the tourist trade by the potters of San José de Gracia, a village in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The vessels were first created by the potter Elisa Madrigal Martínez, who began making them in the 1930s after she had moved from Carapan to San José de Gracia; up until that time, the potters … [Read more...] about Tepache Vessel with Three Calla Lilies on Lid: Researched by Sarah Teel

Filed Under: 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: calla lilies, ceramics, early 21st century art, elisa madrigal martinez, hilario alejos madrigal, michoacan culture, ponchera, Pottery, san jose de gracia, tepache vessel

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