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  2. Votive paintings of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Votive paintings of Mexico. 1911 painting; the man survived an attack by a bull. Votive paintings in Mexico go by several names in Spanish such as “ ex voto,” “ retablo ” or “lámina,” which refer to their purpose, place often found, or material from which they are traditionally made respectively. The painting of religious images to ...

  3. Milagro (votive) - Wikipedia

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    The ex-voto is dated August 28, 1947, San Juan de los Lagos. Milagros (also known as an ex-voto or dijes or promesas) are religious folk charms that are traditionally used for healing purposes and as votive offerings in Mexico, the southern United States, other areas of Latin America, and parts of the Iberian Peninsula.

  4. Tree of Life (Mexican pottery) - Wikipedia

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    A Tree of Life (Spanish: Árbol de la vida) is a type of Mexican pottery sculpture traditional in central Mexico, especially in the municipality of State of Mexico. Originally the sculptures depicted the Biblical story of creation, as an aid for teaching it to natives in the early colonial period. The fashioning of the trees in a terracotta ...

  5. Museo de Arte Popular - Wikipedia

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    The Museo de Arte Popular (Museum of Folk Art) is a museum in Mexico City, Mexico, that promotes and preserves part of the Mexican handcrafts and folk art. [1] Located in the historic center of Mexico City in an old fire house, the museum has a collection which includes textiles, pottery, glass, piñatas, alebrijes, furniture and much more. [2]

  6. Mexican handcrafts and folk art - Wikipedia

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    Mexican handcrafts and folk art is a complex collection of items made with various materials and intended for utilitarian, decorative or other purposes. Some of the items produced by hand in this country include ceramics, wall hangings, vases, furniture, textiles and much more. [1] In Mexico, both crafts created for utilitarian purposes and ...

  7. Alebrije - Wikipedia

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    In the 1980s, British filmmaker Judith Bronowski arranged an itinerant Mexican art craft demonstration workshop in the United States featuring Pedro Linares, Manuel Jiménez, and Maria Sabina, a textile artisan from Oaxaca. Although the Oaxaca Valley area already had a history of carving animals and other types of figures from wood, artisans ...

  8. Nicho - Wikipedia

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    Nicho art originated as a popular adaptation of the Roman Catholic retablo tradition of painting patron saints on wood or tin. Unlike the large, flat panels of retablo, nichos are small and built in shadow box style. Within the box there is a key object or central figure for whose honor or memory the nicho has been created.

  9. Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca - Wikipedia

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    The Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca (State Museum of Popular Art of Oaxaca) or MEAPO is a small museum in the municipality of San Bartolo Coyotepec just south of the city of Oaxaca in Mexico. It is run by the state of Oaxaca to showcase the entity's handcrafts and folk art tradition, through its permanent collection, online "cyber ...

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