Maya Jiménez
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Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish Americas, 1520-1820 showcases over 300 images, including paintings, sculptures, architectural monuments, and objects of daily life from Spanish America between 1520 and 1820, the period […]
I typically assign this reading when discussing the Cuban Revolution and Korda’s iconic photograph of Ernesto “Che” Guevara: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/iconic-photography-che-guevara-alberto-korda-cultural-travel-180960615/
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I show this video in class to discuss the impact of Mexican Muralism on U.S. artists: https://whitney.org/media/46366
I show this video in class to discuss the participatory nature and mutability of Clark’s Bicho: https://youtu.be/7Cq2OVD7dvA
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I show this video in class to discuss Pop aesthetics in relation to ideas of femininity: https://smarthistory.org/marisol-party/
I show this video in class to discuss the Latino experience in relation to ideas of masculinity: https://smarthistory.org/osorio-en-la-barberia-no-se-llora-no-crying-allowed-in-the-barbershop/
I show this video in class to discuss the Latino experience in the United States: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0anjFsA-xQ
I assign this reading to discuss the mural series, The History of Mexico, and discuss in depth the historical, cultural, and political references Rivera incorporated: Flattley, Megan “The History of […]
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I assign this reading to discuss the artistic career and contributions of Tarsila do Amaral, and introduce the concept of “Anthropophagy” as a uniquely Brazilian modern art movement: https://smarthistory.org/tarsila-abaporu/
I assign this reading to discuss the tradition of portraiture, and in particular casta paintings, which were unique to the Viceroyalty of New Spain: https://smarthistory.org/spaniard-and-indian-produce-a-mestizo-attributed-to-juan-rodriguez/
I show this video in class to discuss the effects of colonialism and the broader theme of cultural repatriation: https://smarthistory.org/feathered-headdress-aztec/
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I assign this reading to discuss the artist and the broader tradition of costumbrismo in Latin America: https://smarthistory.org/francisco-oller-the-wake/
I show this video in class to discuss in greater depth the tradition of landscape painting in Mexico: https://smarthistory.org/velasco-the-valley-of-mexico/
I assign this reading to draw a comparison between casta paintings from the Viceroyalty of New Spain and portrait painting in the Viceroyalty of Peru: https://smarthistory.org/portrait-painting-viceroyalty-peru/
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I ask students to listen to this audio, and read extended article, to discuss the broader issue of cultural repatriation as it relates to Peru in this instance: https://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132083890/yale-returns-machu-picchu-artifacts-to-peru
I assign this reading to discuss the textile tradition, funerary practices, and architectural trademarks of the Andes: Cohen-Aponte, Ananda “Introduction to Ancient Andean Art,” in Smarthistory, June 18, 2019, accessed June […]
I assign this website as a resource for students writing their museum paper on Taino artworks from the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian: https://americanindian.si.edu/exhibitions/infinityofnations/andes.html
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
I show this video in class to discuss the sculptural and religious traditions among the Aztec: Kilroy-Ewbank, Laure “Coatlicue,” in Smarthistory, August 9, 2015, accessed June 24, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/coatlicue/
I assign this reading to learn more about the tradition of the rubber ballgame in Mesoamerica: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mball/hd_mball.htm
I show this video in class and we discuss the importance of jade in Mesoamerican culture: Koontz, Rex and Steven Zucker, “Kunz Axe (Olmec),” in Smarthistory, August 9, 2015, accessed June 25, […]
I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the […]
