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Mexican art
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Pre-Columbian art
Gallery
Colonial era, 1521–1821
The early colonial era and criollo and indigenous artists and influences
Gallery
Mexican Baroque
Gallery
Virgin of Guadalupe
Gallery
Portraiture
Gallery
History paintings and other secular art
Gallery
Casta painting
Gallery
Biombos, or folding screens
Gallery
The Academy of San Carlos
List of Colonial Mexican artists
Independence to the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, 1821–1910
Early Post-independence era to the Mid Nineteenth Century
Gallery
Gallery
Monuments and sculpture
Gallery
20th century
Mexican muralism and Revolutionary art
Gallery
Other Artistic Expressions 1920–1950
The Rupture Movement
The Olympics in Mexico City (1968) and later
Neo-expressionism
Neomexicanismo
Postmodern
Art collections and galleries
Art criticism
20th century Mexican artists
Most prominent painters with international reputations
Others of note
21st century
Modern Mexican visual artists
Popular arts and handcrafts
Cinema
Photography in Mexico
Gallery
See also
Further reading
General – Latin American art
General – Mexican art
Prehispanic art
Colonial-era art
Nineteenth-century art
Modern art
Photography
Cinema
Popular arts and artisanry
References
External links

Content: The Spanish conquest led to 300 years of Spanish colonial rule, and art production remained tied to religion—most art was associated with the construction and decoration of churches, but secular art expanded in the eighteenth century, particularly casta paintings, portraiture, and history painting. Almost all art produced was in the European tradition, with late colonial-era artists trained at the Academy of San Carlos, but indigenous elements remained, beginning a continuous balancing act between European and indigenous traditions. After Independence, art remained heavily European in style, but indigenous themes appeared in major works as liberal Mexico sought to distinguish itself from its Spanish colonial past. This preference for indigenous elements continued into the first half of the 20th century, with the Social Realism or Mexican muralist movement led by artists such as Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, José Clemente Orozco, and Fernando Leal, who were commissioned by the post- Mexican Revolution government to create a visual narrative of Mexican history and culture. The strength of this artistic movement was such that it affected newly invented technologies, such as still photography and cinema, and strongly promoted popular arts and crafts as part of Mexico's identity. Since the 1950s, Mexican art has broken away from the muralist style and has been more globalized, integrating elements from Asia, with Mexican artists and filmmakers having an effect on the global stage. Contents
1 Pre-Columbian art
1.1 Gallery
2 Colonial era, 1521–1821
2.1 The early colonial era and criollo and indigenous artists and influences
2.1.1 Gallery
2.2 Mexican Baroque
2.2.1 Gallery
2.3 Virgin of Guadalupe
2.3.1 Gallery
2.4 Portraiture
2.4.1 Gallery
2.5 History paintings and other secular art
2.5.1 Gallery
2.6 Casta painting
2.6.1 Gallery
2.7 Biombos, or folding screens
2.7.1 Gallery
2.8 The Academy of San Carlos
2.9 List of Colonial Mexican artists
3 Independence to the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, 1821–1910
3.1 Early Post-independence era to the Mid Nineteenth Century
3.1.1 Gallery
3.1.2 Gallery
3.2 Monuments and sculpture
3.2.1 Gallery
4 20th century
4.1 Mexican muralism and Revolutionary art
4.1.1 Gallery
4.2 Other Artistic Expressions 1920–1950
4.3 The Rupture Movement
4.4 The Olympics in Mexico City (1968) and later
4.5 Neo-expressionism
4.6 Neomexicanismo
4.7 Postmodern
4.8 Art collections and galleries
4.9 Art criticism
4.10 20th century Mexican artists
4.10.1 Most prominent painters with international reputations
4.10.2 Others of note
5 21st century
5.1 Modern Mexican visual artists
6 Popular arts and handcrafts
7 Cinema
8 Photography in Mexico
8.1 Gallery
9 See also
10 Further reading
10.1 General – Latin American art
10.2 General – Mexican art
10.3 Prehispanic art
10.4 Colonial-era art
10.5 Nineteenth-century art
10.6 Modern art
10.7 Photography
10.8 Cinema
10.9 Popular arts and artisanry
11 References
12 External links
Pre-Columbian art
See also: Aztec codices and Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas
Painting cave in Yucatán
A Maya mural at Bonampak, 8th century AD. It is believed that the American continent's oldest rock art, 7500 years old, is found in a cave on the peninsula of Baja California. The pre-Hispanic art of Mexico belongs to a cultural region known as Mesoamerica, which roughly corresponds to central Mexico on into Central America, encompassing three thousand years from 1500 BCE to 1500 CE generally divided into three eras: