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In a time when national identity was confused and not very unified in Mexico, art was able to provide some of that sense of national pride and identity. Through various artist's and their artwork the national history and characteristics of the Indian people were portrayed. José Obregón was one of those artists, through his painting Discovery of Pulque, that encouraged national identity. Juan Cordero was another painter whose work was useful, his influential painting was Columbus Before the…

Diet The main food that the Aztecs ate was the tlaxcalli also known as the tortilla. The tlaxcalli was a thin cornmeal pancake and it was used to scoop up foods while they ate and they could also wrap their foods in the tlaxcalli to make tacos. The meats that they mostly hunted for were rabbits, deer, geese, and ducks. Dogs and turkeys were the only animals that they raised for meat. The Aztecs were the first people for discovering chocolate. They made chocolate from a fruit of the cacao tree…

Of course they are according to their own legends and also very affiliated with sacrifices.usually the aztecs were buried under their homes,and after the gods were honored. Before that they fed the gods with intestines and blood . nevertheless the aztecs were very religious. Huitzil Pochita is piety petrov also children were welcomed into the world second some english words come from the aztecs.and finally the spanish came in in 1519 The mun run houses and often a big family, in the aztec…

changed for citizens in Mexico since the 1917 Mexican revolution. The Mexican Constitution may have helped with this because in 1917 a new legal structure was established in the Constitution and it reversed the principle established under Porfirio Díaz that gave absolute property rights to individuals. In article 27 of the Mexican Constitution, gave the state the power to take over owners land and gave the State subsoil rights. Following a brief civil that lasted until 1920, Mexico finally was…

Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo was a movement in Argentina during the years of 1976 and 1983 (Becker, 288). During the time of the Argentine “Dirty War,” many children were taken from their families by the military (Becker, 288). These boys and girls came from families of “rebels,” and were given to families in support of the war (Becker, 288). Mothers endlessly searched for their children with no luck. They became frustrated and upset at their country for hurting them so badly. Finally, on April…

to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.” She focused on her dreams throughout her lifetime. No one and nothing was in her way. Frida Kahlo, a hero known amongst many others. Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacan, Mexico and died in the same exact place, she took pride in where she came from. As a result, she was buried in her own museum in which people still appreciate her work today. Frida Kahlo is a great example of an epic hero because she is very…

A movement to bring back the European symbolism and expressionism styles began in Mexico in the middle of a post Spanish American war society. This resulted in a sense of “Mexicanidad” or Mexican nationalism and a desire to identify with their Spanish roots through an interest in Spanish art. Saturino Herran was one of the essential artists of this movement in the era of Mexican independence, during which artists and writers would discuss their national heritage in their work. Herran was a…

Slide 1 This is Carmen Lomas Garza a Chicana artist who depicts a cultural lifestyle of your everyday Hispanic family. Garza’s artwork places me in a trance of my own life as a child and now as an adult. Her paintings take me to a wonderful place which is mi familia. Slide 2 Carmen Lomas Garza was born on September 12, 1948 in Kingsville, Texas. Where she and her family resided in a tight-knit Hispanic community where both English and Spanish was spoken. However, Spanish was not allowed to…

masterpieces and hard work. He had also served another term as President of the CFDA from 1986-1988. He expanded from his ready to wear collection, all the way to a home collection. In 2014, he received the medal of excellence from Carnegie Hall in New York City. Shortly after on the 10th of October, Oscar had passed away with cancer at the age of 82. He lived a a beautiful life with a long and successful career, Oscar de la Renta's legacy will live on with many future designers who are inspired…

Although the 43 year old passed away in a plane crash on December 9, 2012 in Nuevo León Mexico. Jenni was with her crew going to Monterrey for a conference after a show. That was when the airplane lost contact and crashed, investigators still don’t know exactly what happened to the plane and they found all six passengers counting Jenni dead…