Andes Region
The period and region of the Paracas Civilization.
What is the Early Horizon period and the Coastal Region?
The Period and location of the Teotihuacan.
What is the Classic Period, and Located Near Mexico City?
Administrative territory used to divide the Spanish colonies in the Americas.
What is a viceroyalty?
Someone of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry.
What is a Mestizo?
This type of portraiture featured elaborate dress, full-body poses, a red curtain, and the family coat of arms.
What is Secular Art Portraiture?
The hallucinogen of choice for the Chavin.
What is the San Pedro Cactus?
This Civilization's main city was Monte Alban, which was on a mountain top with a fortress-like structure and valleys that were rich in resources.
Who is the Zapotec?
The type of mural where paint on plaster, but the plaster is dry.
What is a Fresco secco?
The miraculous image that appeared on a cloth for Juan Diego.
What is The Virgin of Guadalupe aka “La Guadalupana”?
Style in which each work is wildly different, but all reflect the artists' “dreams”. However, they are very realistic creating tension between something real and what is not.
What is Surrealism?
The Civilization used "Trophy Heads" by wearing them as an adornment or burying them in the ground.
Who is the Nasca?
A ritual object used to commemorate or honor.
What is a Votive Piece?
The school and where the indigenous were trained in the arts.
What is a Portería?
The Trade Route From China to Central America to Spain.
What is the Manila Galleon?
This term celebrates Americanism and local identity in post-colonial Latin American art.
What is Criollismo?
The ruler of the Moche who had an elaborate tomb full of many objects and servants.
Who is the Lord of Sipán?
What was the language of the Mexica?
What is Nahuatl?
The Encyclopedia of Ancient People in Mesoamerica by the Spanish.
What is the Florentine Codex?
A painting that commemorates a miraculous event that took place.
What is an Ex-Voto?
Only found in the 1800s, this painting type required a mother of one race, a father of another, and mixed children.
What is Casta Painting?
These child sacrifices, selected for their purity and perfection, were part of an Inca ritual often associated with sacred sites like Qorikancha.
What is Capac hucha?
The main patron deity of the Mexica, who represents war and the sun.
Who is Huitzilopochtli?
The style where gold is put under paint, then paint is scraped away to make the design.
What is Estofado?
Folding screens made in New Spain, these objects played a conversation piece role, showed Asian influence, and featured a letter key system to provide guidance.
What is Biombo?
This artist created Tropical Americas in Los Angeles using a subdued color palette and a crucifixion theme.
Who is David Alfaro Siqueiros?