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A New Database Explores Latin American Art - The New York Times
'Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art,' a new database, offers online access to a trove of valuable materials.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/arts/artsspecial/a-new-database-explores-latin-american-art.html?_r=0
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Latin American Art and Architecture - Scholastic ART
Learn about Latin American art and architecture with Grolier Online and Scholastic ART.
http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3753884
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Latin American Art - Britannica
Artistic traditions that developed in Mesoamerica, Central America, and South America after contact with the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in 1492 and 1500.
http://www.britannica.com/art/Latin-American-art
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Ceramic from South America - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Information about ceramic from South America.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_cerocsa.htm
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Aztec Art - Ancient History Encyclopedia
The Aztec Empire, centred at the capital of Tenochtitlan, dominated most of Mesoamerica in the 15th and 16th centuries CE. With military conquest.
http://www.ancient.eu/Aztec_Art/
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Artifacts - Inca Empire
The Incas were fascinated by gold and had many of their objects made from gold such as masks, scultures, figurines, pots, etc. In fact, legend has it that the emperor of Cuzco at the time had a city made entirely out of gold from the buildings and temples down to their plants and trees.
http://incaempirehistoryproject.weebly.com/artifacts.html
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Mayan Art and Architecture - Crystalinks
As unique and spectacular as any Greek or Roman architecture, Maya architecture spans many thousands of years; yet, often the most dramatic and easily recognizable as Maya are the fantastic stepped pyramids from the Terminal Pre-classic period and beyond. Being based on the general Mesoamerican architectural traditions these pyramids relied on intricate carved stone in order to create a stair-step design.
http://www.crystalinks.com/mayanarch.html
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Ancient Mayan Civilization Art and Culture - Incredible Art
The end of the Mayan calendar in 2012 has brought a renewed interest in Mayan history, culture, art, and architecture. Several movies (2012, Apocalypto, and others) have covered the Mayan and their calendar as a prophetic harbinger of the end of the world.
http://www.incredibleart.org/lessons/middle/maya.htm
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Inca Art History - Maya Inca Aztec
Ceramic pottery did not make an appearance in Peru until 1800BC, and it did not appear in the Lake Titicaca Basin until as late as 1200BC. Most scholars believe that a civilization does not occur until ceramic pottery comes into use.
http://mayaincaaztec.com/inarthi.html
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Latin American Art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia's information about Latin American Art.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_American_art
