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Indochristian art (Spanish: arte indocristiano), is a type of Latin American art that combines European colonial influences with Indigenous artistic styles and traditions. During the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Franciscan , Dominican , and Augustinian monks extensively converted indigenous peoples to Christianity, introducing them to ...
Latin American art is the combined artistic expression of Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America, as well as Latin Americans living in other regions. The art has roots in the many different indigenous cultures that inhabited the Americas before European colonization in the 16th century.
See Art periods for a chronological list. This is a list of art movements in alphabetical order. These terms, helpful for curricula or anthologies, evolved over time to group artists who are often loosely related. Some of these movements were defined by the members themselves, while other terms emerged decades or centuries after the periods in ...
Most modern art movements were international in scope. Impressionism – 1860 – 1890, France ... American scene painting – c. 1920 – 1945, United States;
The 14th century was also a time in which movements of widely varying character worked for the reform of the institutional church, such as conciliarism, Lollardy and the Hussites. Spiritual movements such as the Devotio Moderna also flourished. Notable authors Jan Hus preaching, illumination from a Czech manuscript, 1490s. Jan Hus (c.1369–1415)
In comparison to Europe and other Western nations, the Catholic Church still has a major influence in Latin American society. The vast majority of Latin Americans are Christians (90%), [1] mostly Catholics belonging to the Latin Church. [2] In 2012 Latin America constitutes, in absolute terms, the world's second largest Christian population ...
The Catholic Church has been the driving force behind some of the major events of world history including the Christianization of Western and Central Europe and Latin America, the spreading of literacy and the foundation of the universities, hospitals, the Western tradition of monasticism, the development of art and music, literature ...
Macarius the Great establishes a monastic settlement in Scetis (which at its peak had 700 individual monasteries). [22] Amun establishes a monastic settlement in Nitria. 337: Death of Emperor Constantine (as a Christian). [13] [4] 338: 2nd exile of Athanasius the Great. [9] Monks from Nitria move 20 kilometers away and establish the monastic ...