***Thank you to VALERIE WHITE of Vista High School, for all her help.  All APAH content and information made  possible from her hard work.  
Also, thank you to Dr. Robert Coad for his guidance and materials.

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ARTWORKS
  1. Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza
  2. Angel with Arquebus
  3. Virgin of Guadelupe
  4. Portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
  5. Screen with Siege of Belgrade (biombos, enconchados)
  6. Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo (casta painting, mestizo)
​VOCABULARY
Biombos
Casta paintings
Enconchados
Escudo
​Mestizo


​KEY IDEAS
  • Colonial Latin America: mix of indigenous art forms with European materials
  • Influences of subject matter and forms from Asia and Africa
  • Subject matter does vary: religious, portraits, history, genre scenes
  • Resembles art from Spain and southern Europe
  • Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492 = conquest --> colonization!
  • Europe brought disease which wiped out much of the Aztecs and Native Americans
  • Children born of Spanish and Native Americans are called mestizos
  • Spanish heavily desired gold, silver, crops
  • Patronage: Spanish commissioned Native Americans = Catholicism with Native American traditions
  • Artists: Many are anonymous, the point was to not have fame and glory

Inspired by the Portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, we will be making escudos.  We will be coloring in and pasting on an image of Sor Juana on to the escudo.  This is our makeshift homage to quite an incredible woman! ​