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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 ...
The mission of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros is to enhance appreciation of the diversity, sophistication, and range of art from Latin America. [4] Gradually, Cisneros began acquiring geometric abstract artwork that had been under-appreciated. It gradually grew into a significant holding of 20th century Latin American abstract art. [4]
I am the creator, and this is what most interests me at the moment, apart from the exhibition of painting that I am preparing, of a language that is desperately needed by Latin America."-From Xul Solar's own writings "Although this is a time when art is more individual and arbitrary than ever, it would be a mistake to call it anarchic.
A list of notable Latin American visual artists (painters, sculptors, photographers, video artists, etc.), arranged by nationality: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Votive painting go by several names in Mexico, some of which overlap with other artworks or offerings. A common name is ex voto. This phrase comes from Latin and means from the vow made. This refers to the fact that many of these paintings are made and brought to churches or other holy sites to fulfill a vow made to the religious persona.
Main altar with the Our Lord of Chalma in the State of Mexico. Although the veneration of the Virgin Mary, especially in the form of Our Lady of Guadalupe is famous in Mexico and to some extent in Central America, there has been a strong tradition of venerating images of Christ, especially crucifixes, which was more prominent than that of Mary in the colonial period.
Anima Sola translates as the "lone soul" or "lonely spirit" and refers to a very specific votive image. Based on Roman Catholic votive statues (but now a standardized chromolithograph), this image is particularly popular in Latin American magical traditions. It depicts a woman standing amidst flames, eternally burning yet never consumed.
Presencia de América Latina (Presence of Latin America), also known as Integración de América Latina (Integration of Latin America), is a mural created by Jorge Gonzalez Camarena and painted by Mexican and Chilean artist Jorge González Camarena, Javier Arevalo,Albino Echeverria, Eugenio Brito, Salvador Almaraz, Manuel Guillen and Hector Rodrigues.And Female model Alicia Cuevas, between ...