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Survey of Latin American Art FInal
Survey of Latin American Art FInal
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
05/08/2016

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Term
TILMA
Definition

WORN BY JUAN DIEGO

PONCHO MADE OF CACTUS FIBERS

BURNT ON, THE IMAGE OF THE VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE !

 

Term
JUAN DIEGO
Definition

PRODUCT OF MASS BAPTISM 

SEES YNG WOMAN (13-14) DARK SKINNED

SHE TELLS HIM TO BUILD HER A CATHEDRAL - BISHOP NEEDS A SIGN - ARRANGES ROSES ON HIS TILMA - IMAGE OF THE VIRGEN ON HIS TILMA UNDER ROSES

Term
EX - VOTO
Definition

TIN FRAMED PHOTOS OR COMISSIONED PAINTINGS

 

DEPICTING A MIRACLE OF DIVINE INTERVENTION OF SOME MARTYR OR SAINT 

 

TYPICALLY VIRGEN

Term
ESTOFADO
Definition

IMITATION OF BROCADE

PROCESS OF GOLD OVERLAYED WITH ANOTHER LAQUER THEN SCRATCHED TO EXPOSE GOLD

Term
ENCARNACION
Definition
LAYERS OF TINTED LAQUER TO EMULATE FLESH
Term
DRESSED SAINTS
Definition
Term
TEQUITQUI
Definition

-FLAT STYLE OF OF CARVING 

-MIXTURE OF NATIVE AND EUROPEAN DESIGN

Term
POSA CHAPELS
Definition

OPEN AIR STRUCTURE FOR MASS BAPTISMS BY PRIESTS

CATHOLIX BRING ILLUSTRATED BOOKS n PRINT THEM ON THE WALLS 

Term
Definition

CROSS IN ATRIUM ( FRONT COURTYARD OF CHURCH ) 

CARVED WITH IMPLEMENTS OF THE PASSION

CARVED 2D + 3D, ALL ROUND 

CROWN OF THORNS ALL AROUND ( PERSONIFICATION ) 

BOTTOM OF CHALACE AND HOST ( BLOOD + BODY )

Term
ATRIAL CROSS - MEXICO, 1556
Definition

CROSS IN ATRIUM ( FRONT COURTYARD OF CHURCH ) 

CARVED WITH IMPLEMENTS OF THE PASSION

CARVED 2D + 3D, ALL ROUND 

CROWN OF THORNS ALL AROUND ( PERSONIFICATION ) 

BOTTOM OF CHALACE AND HOST ( BLOOD + BODY )

Term
OPEN AIR CHAPEL
Definition
Term
RELIQUARY
Definition
BONES, BLOOD, PARTS OF MARTYRED PEOPLE
Term
PENITENTES
Definition
Term
SEMANA SANTA
Definition

"SAY SRRY"

CONFRATERNITY - REG PPL, DONATE $ TO BUILD STATUES

Term

Mendicant orders: Dominican, Agustinian, Franciscan, Testerian

Definition

FRANSISCAN - POOREST

GERONIMITE CONVENTS - WEALTHIEST

 

Term
HIEROGLYPHS
Definition
a stylized picture of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound, as found in native 
Term
ESTIPITE
Definition
DESIGN TAKEN FROM FURNITURE ON COLUMNS ( ANNEX OF CATHEDRAL OF MEXICO )
Term
RETABLO
Definition
is a devotional painting, especially a small popular or folk art one using iconography derived from traditional Catholic church art.
Term
PLATERESQUE
Definition

FANCY METAL WORK 

was an artistic movement, especially architectural, traditionally held to be exclusive to Spain and its territories, which appeared between the late Gothic and early Renaissance in the late 15th century

Term
MONJAS CORONADAS
Definition

"CROWNED NUN" WOMEN HAD DOWERY

(FIRST PORT. OF WOMEN ?)

 

 

Term
Mestizaje/mestizo
Definition
EUROPEAN (SPAIN) + NATIVE = MESTIZO
Term
ESCUDO DE MONJA
Definition

-COAT OF ARMS MADE FROM TORTISE SHELL 

-DEPICTED VIRGIN OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ON CRESCENT MOON 

-WHITE DRESS BLUE CLOAK

 

Term
"LAS CASTAS"
Definition

depictions of racial "cross mixing" as a[aintings 

emphasis on meaning of marriage (pro-creation)

dressing depicts race

fathers are ususally touching children = ownership

 

Term

Santiago Matamoros

Definition
saint who killed moors
Term
ARCHANGELS
Definition
HIGHEST ANGELS, CLOSEST TO GOD
Term
EMBOSSING
Definition

STUDENTS OF THE CUZCO PAINTED SPANIARDS WITH LUXURIOUS TEXTILES 

WOULD EMBOSS THE LACE, OR OTHER PARTS

FELT RAISED TO THE TOUCH

Term

PACHAMAMA

 

Definition

"MARY OF THE MTN. OF POTASIAMA"

MIX OF CULTURES IN CUZCO THROUGH CHRISTIANITY DEPICTED W/ SYMBOLS OF INCA CULTURE

MADE in CUZCO, PERU

Term
WA'KAS
Definition
CANOE ?
Term

 

PICTURESQUE

Definition

characteristics and images arranged to be most appealing

  • (Foreground, background

  • Crazy bugs on the androgynous being hahaha he got a snake in this stick)

Term
COSTUMBRISMO
Definition

EXOTIC DRESS 

MOSTLY ON WOMEN 

FLAMBOYANT EXPR. OF CULTURE

(NATIVE OR OTHERWISE)

Term
MESTIZO
Definition
MIX OF CULTURES (SPANISH + NATIVE)
Term
MEXICANIDAD
Definition
VISUAL DEPICTION OF MEXICAN IDENTITY
Term
MEXICANIDAD
Definition
VISUAL DEPICTION OF MEXICAN IDENTITY
Term
SANTERIA
Definition
an Afro-Caribbean religion based on Yoruba beliefs and traditions, with some Roman Catholic elements added
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