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 […]
Readings
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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/mesoamerica-caribbean.html
I assign this reading for students who want to learn more about Taino artistic traditions and/or are writing their museum paper on selected Taino artworks: Doyle, James. “Indigenous Arts of […]
