Research Guides: Art History Research Guide: Latin American Art

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Subjects are ways that librarians describe books, they are a set vocabulary (meaning you have to use the right words) which sometimes makes them tricky to use. Don't worry; you can do it! Below are some relevant subjects for Pre-Columbian Art.

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F1201-1392 History of the Americas
F1218.5-1221 Mexico. Antiquities. Indians
F1435-1435.3 Central America. Mayas

N Visual arts
N6500-6550 History.Mexico

ND Painting
ND253 History. Mexico

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Architecture, Spanish colonial
Art, Spanish colonial - Mexico
Aztec art
Aztec calendar
Indian art - Mexico
Indian architecture - Mexico
Indians of Mexico - Antiquities
Indians of Mexico - Languages - Writing
Olmec art
Olmecs
Manuscripts, Mixtec
Maya architecture
Maya art
Mixtec Indians
Painting, colonial - Mexico
Popol vuh

Art of Mexico

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world from prehistory to today, as illustrated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.
Maya Hieroglyiphic Codices
This site features a translation and analysis of four codices (screenfold books) painted by Maya scribes before the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century. The codices contain information about Maya beliefs and rituals, as well as activities associated with daily life, which are framed within an astronomical and calendrical context.
Mesoweb
Mesoweb is devoted to the ancient cultures of Mexico and adjacent Central America, including the Olmec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Teotihuacan, Toltec, Aztec, and Maya (reserving the word Mayan for the language and the word Maya for the people and their culture).
Exploring the Early Americas
Features selections from the more than 3,000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress. It provides insight into indigenous cultures, the drama of the encounters between Native Americans and European explorers and settlers, and the pivotal changes caused by the meeting of the American and European worlds.
FAMSI: Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies
The Foundation aims to assist and promote qualified scholars who might otherwise be unable to undertake or complete their programs of research and synthesis.

Mesoamerican Art

Art of the Americas (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
A collection of thematic essays about art of the Americas from the Met.
Exploring the Early Americas
Features selections from the more than 3,000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress. It provides insight into indigenous cultures, the drama of the encounters between Native Americans and European explorers and settlers, and the pivotal changes caused by the meeting of the American and European worlds.
FAMSI: Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies
The Foundation aims to assist and promote qualified scholars who might otherwise be unable to undertake or complete their programs of research and synthesis. Projects in the following disciplines are urged to apply: anthropology, archaeology, art history, epigraphy, ethnography, ethnohistory, linguistics, and related fields.
Maya Hieroglyiphic Codices
This site features a translation and analysis of four codices (screenfold books) painted by Maya scribes before the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century. The codices contain information about Maya beliefs and rituals, as well as activities associated with daily life, which are framed within an astronomical and calendrical context.
Mesoweb
Mesoweb is devoted to the ancient cultures of Mexico and adjacent Central America, including the Olmec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Teotihuacan, Toltec, Aztec, and Maya (reserving the word Mayan for the language and the word Maya for the people and their culture).