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Art History Virtual Exhibition

Talavera Pottery: Researched by Shayna MacDonald

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

Mexican Talavera pottery has a long history that dates back to the early 15th century, soon after the Spanish conquest of Mexico. When the Spanish first conquered the Puebla region, they introduced new pottery techniques from the city of Talavera de la Reina in Spain to this pottery-making area. The Mexican city of Puebla was established in 1531and placed strategically between … [Read more...] about Talavera Pottery: Researched by Shayna MacDonald

Filed Under: 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: aztec mestizo culture, ceramic, early 21st century, talavera tile

Aztec/Mixtec Codex Images of Deities, in Reproduction: Researched by Katie Kimbrough

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

The plaques in this display illustrate colorfully painted brass figures, each on a blackened wooden base.  The images portrayed on these wooden plaques are reproductions of characters found in Mesoamerican codices, or screenfold books, that were used to record histories, the calendar system, and religious belief systems.  The clear style and depiction of the figures indicates … [Read more...] about Aztec/Mixtec Codex Images of Deities, in Reproduction: Researched by Katie Kimbrough

Filed Under: 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: 16th century art, 20th century art, 20th century mexican art, aztec mestizo culture, aztec/mixtec cultures, codex borbonicus, codex borgia, codex magliabechiano, huitzilopochtli, mexican mestizo cultures, post-contact period, postclassic period, pre-contact period, tlaloc, xilonen, xipe totec, xiuhtecuhtli

Mesoamerican Art in Reproduction: Researched by Leslie Dunaway and Macaylah Gant Hodge

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

This group of artworks consists of tourist-trade reproductions inspired by some famous, and some not-as-famous, works of ancient Precolumbian art, including works from the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Teotihuacano, Mixtec, and West Mexican cultures.  The reproductions are generally made by artisans who are indigenous or are of Mestizo (mixed indigenous and Spanish) heritage, often … [Read more...] about Mesoamerican Art in Reproduction: Researched by Leslie Dunaway and Macaylah Gant Hodge

Filed Under: 2017 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: alux, aztec mestizo culture, aztec stone of the five suns, button, central mexican mestizo culture, earring, late 20th century art, maskette, maya chacmool, maya hieroglyph, maya hieroglyph sotz, maya mestizo culture, maya relief sculpture, mixtec mestizo culture, mosaic funerary mask, olmec, olmec figural axe, reproductions, sotz, teotihuacano, teotihuacano maskette, teotihuacano mosaic funerary mask, west mexican dog figurines, west mexican mestizo culture, xipe totec mask

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  • 2017 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2017 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica
  • 2018 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas
  • 2019 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2019 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica
  • 2020 Fall, ART 487: Art of the Americas

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