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Main altarpiece of St.Michael archangel Metropolitan Cathedral.. Spanish colonial art in Honduras began to develop once the process of conquests and colonization of the territory began to consolidate, although by the middle of the 16th century with the founding of cities by the conquerors, churches began to be built that carried Roman Catholic artistic pieces.
The National Gallery is led by the Foundation for Arts and Culture (Spanish: Fundación Pro Arte y Cultura), which was founded in 1994. [1] The Gallery opened to the public on 31 July 1996. [2] In 2012 it was renovated with the help of the IHAH and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, and it reopened in 2013. [3] [4]
Theatrical performances in Honduras date from the colonial period, they began in the 16th century, the first theatrical performance in Honduras was held in the year 1750, outdoors, in the city of Comayagua, the play represented was the Devil Cojuelo. In 1915 the Manuel Bonilla National Theater was founded.
The National School of Fine Arts (ENBA) was founded in 1940 during the dictatorship of General Tiburcio Carias Andino.. A year and a half before, Carias Andino awarded the artists Arturo López Rodezno, Maximiliano Ramírez Euceda, Samuel Salgado, and Salvador Posadas with a government mandate to create a school for the arts.
The Republic of Honduras has many historical monuments relating to its pre-Columbian native past, as well as its Spanish colonial era and republican period. The law for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage of Honduras considers examples of historical monuments, fine furniture, and expressions of folk art (folclórica) worthy of preservation.
The Secretary of State for Culture, Arts and Sports (informally Culture Secretary) is a Honduras secretary of State responsible for the formulation, coordination, implementation and evaluation of policies relating to research, rescue and dissemination of the cultural heritage, arts education and the identification, preservation and protection of historical and cultural heritage of the nation ...
Cinema of Honduras (4 C) L. Honduran literature (2 C, 1 P) P. Performing arts in Honduras (2 C) W. Works by Honduran people (3 C)
Chiminike Museum in Tegucigalpa. National Gallery of Art; Honduran Aviation Museum; Museo Arqueologico de Comayagua; Museo de Antropología e Historia de San Pedro Sula