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Art History Virtual Exhibition

Oaxacan Metal Folk Art: Researched by Codee Ratliff

October, 2020 by Sarah Teel

Oaxacan metal art, also known as hojalata or “tin art,” is a folk art development that became popular on the tourist trade in the 20th century.  While the use of tin is relatively recent, this artform has deep roots in Precolumbian Mesoamerican metallurgy.  Artists of the Postclassic period (900-1521 CE) Mixtec cultures of Oaxaca created elaborate metalwork jewelry designs in … [Read more...] about Oaxacan Metal Folk Art: Researched by Codee Ratliff

Filed Under: 2017 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica Tagged With: bird, cactus, donkey, late 20th century, mixtec mestizo culture, ornaments, repousse, shooting star

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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  • 2014 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2014 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica
  • 2015 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2016 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas
  • 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
  • 2021 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2021 Spring, ART 485: Art of Mesoamerica
  • 2022 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
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