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Art History 106 -
Mexican Art
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ART |
PAINTING |
MISCELLANEOUS |
ARTISTS |
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Art, Mexican Art – Mexico Aztec art Death in art Folk art - Mexico Indian art - Central Mexico Indian art – Mexico Maya art Olmec art |
Aztec painting Painting, Mexican
SCULPTURE Maya sculpture |
Aztecs – Antiquities Mexican American art Mexico – Antiquities Mural painting and decoration, Mexican Pottery, Mexican |
Artists – Mexican Mexican American artists Potters – Mexico Covarrubias, Miguel Posada, José Guadalupe Kahlo, Frida Orozco, José Clemente Posada, José Guadalupe Rivera, Diego Siqueiros, David Alfaro Tamayo, Rufino |
Selected Reference Books
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Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation REF N6538 .M4 C45 1991
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Handbook of
Mesoamerican Mythology
REF F1219.3.R38 R42
2000
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Contemporary Artists REF N6490 .C6567 2002
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International Dictionary of Art and Artists REF N40 .I55 1990
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The Dictionary of Art REF N31 .D5 1996
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Latin American and Caribbean artists of the modern era : a biographical dictionary of more than 12,700 persons REF N6502.4 .S45 2003
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Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art REF N6502 .E53 2000 |
The Oxford Companion to Art REF N33 .O9 |
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Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture REF F1210 .E63 1997 "Visual Arts" article in Vol. 2
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures REF F1218.6 .O95 2001
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The Encyclopedia of Visual Art REF N25 .E53 1983
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St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists REF N6538 .H58 S7 2002
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Encyclopedia of World Art REF N31 .E533
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Sculpture REF NB60 .S38130 1996
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Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States REF E184.S75 H365 1993 "From Barrio to Mainstream: The Panorama of Latino Art" article in Vol. 1
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Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles
Journal and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly or professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general. Newspaper articles, while not usually scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and some additional facts on your topic. The Library has several magazines that focus on art:
ArtNews
Art Forum
ArtWEEK
To find articles on your topic, use one of the online databases listed below. These databases usually provide full-text articles on almost every topic. Conduct your search in these databases by using subject headings and keywords similar to those you used to locate books.
For remote access to the
library databases, see
E-Resource Login &
Searching Options.
For historical
research, the Library also has print indexes that must be used to find older
articles, generally anything published before 1985.
Internet Sites
The Internet can be a valuable source for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is important that you evaluate the information you get from the Internet to determine if it is reliable and useful to your research. A few Internet sites that may be useful are listed here.
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ancientmexico.com – The Art, Culture, and History of Ancient Mesoamerica |
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Ancient Mexican Art Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/ancient/english/index.html |
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Art & Artisans |
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Art in Context |
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Artcyclopedia |
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Art History Resources on the Web: MesoAmerica http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHamericasoceania.html#mesoamerica |
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The Diego Rivera Virtual Museum |
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Chicano Art: A Resource Guide http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu/chicanoArt.html
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MesoWeb |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History |
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The Mexican Museum/El Museo Mexicano |
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The National Anthropology Museum |
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Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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Universes in Universe – Worlds of Art http://www.universes-in-universe.de//america/mex/english.htm |
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Local Museums |
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) |
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Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) |
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San Diego Museum of Art |
BK 3/2004; Rev. VM 3/2004; 10/2004, ML 08/07
Web Author:
Lorraine Gersitz (lgersitz@cerritos.edu)