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Art History Virtual Exhibition

Native Musical Instruments of the Americas by Ana Babb

January, 2023 by Alyssa L. Cartier

  The musical instruments in this exhibit originated throughout the Americas, including the Great Plains of North America, Mesoamerica, Central America, and the Andean region of South America. While these instruments have become popular in the tourist trade, their origin is in the ancient cultures of these continents.   For many indigenous cultures of the Americas, … [Read more...] about Native Musical Instruments of the Americas by Ana Babb

Filed Under: 2020 Fall, ART 487: Art of the Americas Tagged With: bolivian mestizo culture, ceramic, costa rican mestizo culture, effigy, musical instrument, ocarina, pan pipes, rain stick. flute

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

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

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

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