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2. Mexican ceramics - Wikipedia

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   Ceramic tiles, jars and dishes can be found for sale all over the city of Puebla, and most of the historic center's colonial buildings are decorated with them. [64] The process is slow and many pieces break during the process.

3. Mexican handcrafts and folk art - Wikipedia

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   Wood and fiber crafts for sale at the municipal market in Pátzcuaro. Dolls made of cartonería from the Miss Lupita project.. Mexican handcrafts and folk art is a complex collection of items made with various materials and fashioned for utilitarian, decorative or other purposes, such as wall hangings, vases, toys and items created for celebrations, festivities and religious rites. [1]

4. Artisanal Talavera of Puebla and Tlaxcala - Wikipedia

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   During the Mexican War of Independence, the potters' guild and the ordinances of the 17th century were abolished. This allowed anyone to make the ceramic in any way, leading to a decline in quality. [3] The war disrupted trade among the Spanish colonies and cheaper English porcelain was being imported. [18] The Talavera market crashed.

5. Pottery of Metepec - Wikipedia

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   Traditional Tree of Life sculpture. The pottery of Metepec is that of a municipality in central Mexico, located near Mexico City.It is noted for durable utilitarian items but more noted for its decorative and ritual items, especially sculptures called “trees of life,” decorative plaques in sun and moon shapes and mermaid like figures called Tlanchanas.

6. Visual arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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   Ceramics have been created in the Americas for the last 8000 years, as evidenced by pottery found in Caverna da Pedra Pintada in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. [78] The Island of Marajó in Brazil remains a major center of ceramic art today. [79] In Mexico, Mata Ortiz pottery continues the ancient Casas Grandes tradition of polychrome pottery.

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   BERLIN (Reuters) -Three parties in the eastern German state of Thuringia joined forces on Thursday to keep the poll-topping Alternative for Germany out of power, electing as state premier a ...