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General Resources for Latin American Art
UN-LANIC: University of Texas Latin American Network Information Center: Art Page (extensive links to Latin American art resources on the web, organized by country. Includes Caribbean art) (in Spanish, English, and Portugese)
Ricker Library: Central, Latin, and South American Art (good links to internet resources in Spanish and in English) (U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
LatinArt.com (an online journal with information on artists, art issues, exhibitions, resources, etc. for Latin American art) (in English and Spanish)
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Pre-Columbian (before 1500)
General Resources for Pre-Columbian Art
Ancient Aztec, Olmec, and Mesoamerica (information on art and architecture as well as daily life, with maps and images) (historylink101.com)
AncientChile.com (an educational resource with links and information on art, culture and history of ancient Patagonia and Araucania) (Patrick Olivares)
AncientMexico.com (an educational resource with links and information on art, culture and history of ancient Mesoamerica) (Patrick Olivares)
AncientPeru.com (an educational resource with links and information on art, culture and history of the ancient Andes) (Patrick Olivares)
The Cultures of Ancient Mexico (extensive image index organized by culture, includes descriptive information: excellent site for images) (National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City)
Edgar's Mesoamerican Art Page (more than 400 images of Mesoamerican art as well as links to cultural, historical, bibilographic, and other information) (E. del Campo)
Mesoamerican Art (extensive images and timeline from 1500 B.C. to 1521 A.D.) (Dr. Manuel Aguilar, California State U., Los Angeles)
Pre-Columbian Art (extensive information on art also includes information on literature and culture) (Judy Decker, The Incredible Art Department)
Pre-Columbian Art (introduction to Pre-Columbian art with images and map) (peru-explorer.com)
Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica (extensive links to resources including image galleries)
The Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute (official website includes information about research and conservation of Pre-Columbian art)
Taíno: Pre-Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean (website for the "first comprehensive exhibition of Taíno art presented in North America." Includes extensive images and historical information) (El Museo del Barrio)
Aztec
Aztec Stone Sculpture (information and images) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Tenochtitlan: Templo Mayor (information and images) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Tenochtitlan (information on the Aztec capital) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Inca
The Incas (extensive information on Incan history, culture and art with images and videos, plus links to other resources) (in English and Spanish) (Maria Rostworowski)
The Incas (information and images on Incan art and history) (Jorge Ruiz)
Incan Ice Mummies
Ice Mummies of the Inca (online exploration of the 1996 exhibition to the Sara Sara summit in Peru; part of PBS's Ice Mummies series) (PBS online)
Ice Treasures of the Inca ("an interactive exhibition with Johan Reinhard") (National Geographic)
Andes Expedition: Searching for Inca Secrets (includes vitual autopsy and online exploration of the Andes Expedition) (National Geographic)
Maya
The Caracol Project (the official site for the Caracol Archaeological Project, the excavation of the largest Mayan archaeological site in Belize) (U. of Central Florida)
Mayan Ceramics (images and descriptive information) (Alcala Gallery)
Tikal (information and good images on Tikal, includes sacred architecture and stone sculpture) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Maya Area, 1-500 A.D. (information, images and timeline of key events) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Other
Olmec and Mezcala Stone and Terracotta (images and descriptive information) (Alcala Gallery)
Moche Portrait Vessels (information on Moche culture with links to images of Moche Portrait Vessels and other art) (Judy Decker, The Incredible Art Department)
Valdivia Figurines (introduction and images) (the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Monte Alban (information and good images on Monte Alban, includes sacred architecture and stone sculpture) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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Post-Contact (after 1500)
General Resources for Post-Contact Art
Mexico and Central America, 1600-1800 A.D. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
South America, 1600-1800 A.D. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Mexico: Native Peoples, 1400-1600 A.D. (information and timeline of key events) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico (extensive images and information from the exhibition on Mexican Art, 16th-19th centuries) (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
Mexico and Central America, 1800-1900 A.D. (information and timeline of key events) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Mexico: From Empire to Revolution (web resource for the exhibition at the Getty Research Institute: extensive information and images on Mexico, 1857-1923) (Getty Museum)
Artchive Jose Guadalupe Posada (information and image links) (M. Harden)
Jose Guadalupe Posada: My Mexico (images and information from the travelling exhibition) (U. of Hawaii)


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