Arts in Latin America
The links below are resources about all of the major topics that we study in class.
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The African Roots of Cuban Music
United Nations, 2017
Clave: The African Roots of Salsa (article)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002
Primary Sources: Pre-Columbian Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
Spanish Colonial Art (with explanations)
Denver Art Museum, 2018
Tesoros/Treasures/Tesouros: The Arts in Latin America, 1492-1820 (with explanations)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2006
Vanderbilt University, Center for Latin American Studies, 2014
Merengue: Dominican Music and Dominican Identity (book excerpt)
Temple University Press, 1997
Primary Sources: Visual Culture in Spanish America (text (secondary) and art (primary)
Fordham, 2015
Primary Sources: Painted in Mexico 1700-1790 (artwork and text explanation from the museum)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
Primary Sources: Colombian Music
Colombia Country Brand, 2018
This source includes lots of videos of songs and performances and explains which kinds of music were influenced by African culture.
Converging Cultures (video -- start at around 6:50 for the Latin America-specific content)
Annenberg Learner, 2017
Africa in the Art of Latin America (article)
Art Journal, 1992
America's Cultural Roots Traced to Enslaved African Ancestors (article)
National Geographic, 2003
ThoughtCo, 2017
Origins of Latin Music (video)
Discovery Education, 1999
Folk and popular dances in Latin America (article) and another article on music here.
Encyclopedia Brittanica, 2017
PBS, 1997
The Colonial Revolution (Colonial Spanish Art)
Art News, 2010
Spanish Colonization Overview (Video)
Khan Academy
Museum of the African Diaspora