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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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16th century |
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17th century |
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18th century |
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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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