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The arts of viceregal Mexico, 1521-1821: a confluence of cultures

Article about the exhibition "The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico. Treasures from the Museo Franz Mayer", 24 March - 4 August 2002, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. By David B. Warren, associate director of the museum and curator of the exhibition. In: Magazine Antiques, April 2002.
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Colonial History

Texts with images about different issues of the Colonial Era - including architecture and the arts. Website of the magazine México Desconocido. [en, es]

22 January - 30 April 2004

Mestizo Latin America

Exhibition: 3 July - 14 Sept. 2003, Torre de Don Borja and Casas del Águila y de la Parra, Santillana del Mar; 23 Oct. - 19 Nov. 2003, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid; 22 Jan. - Abril 2004, Museo Nacional de Historia - Castillo de Chapultepec, Mexico City. Online catalogue, vitual visit. [en, es]

Museo del Virreinato

Museum of the Viceregal, art from XVI - XVIII centuries. Address: Ex Convento del Carmen, Villerías 115, Historical Center. [es]

Museo Franz Meyer. The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico

The Museo Franz Meyer and its collection of art from the Newspanish Vicereign (1521 - 1821), presented at an exhibition of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, USA, 24 March - 4 August 2002. [en, es]

Museo Nacional del Virreinato, Tepotzotlán

National Museum for Art of the Colonial Era at the former Jesuit College San Martín y San Francisco Javier. Unique collection of Mexican Baroque. Address: Plaza Hidalgo 99, C.P. 54600 Tepotzotlán, Estado de México. [es]

Museo Soumaya

Founded in 1994. Painting, sculpture, printmaking and applied arts, a.o.: Mexican portraits of the 18th and 19th century; Arte Novohispano; 100 sculptures of Auguste Rodin. Address. Plaza Cuicuilco, Edificio Telmex, Av. Insurgentes Sur 3500, Col. Peña Pobre. [es]

Oaxaca: Puerta de Entrada a un mundo mágico

Gate to a magic world: Museums, archaeological sites, churches; also ethnical groups, crafts, festivities, legends, recipes, etc. Website of Oaxaca's Ministry of Tourism. [en, es]

Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches

Study of the santos in the 16th-century Dominican churches of Oaxaca, by Claire and Richard Stracke. Includes history and description of the churches. Images and brief description of the statues. [en]

 

 

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