How Did Mexican Art Change Over Time

Mexican art and architectures are both beautiful works of arts they have change drastically throughout time and during the colonial period most of the art being done was folk art which included weaving amazing textiles, pottery, and silver work. Which has flourished throughout Mexico’s history. The Mexicans introduce to European art when during the arrival of Spaniards. Their impact on Mexican art was mostly on paintings and building techniques. Many great artists became adept on religious oil painting, modeling religious figures in wax, and the art of polychrome wood sculpture. The collaboration of Mexican and Spaniards influences created a new mellowness and richness of color that was never achieved in Spain. Which started a type of art work

Jose Guadalupe Posada was famous for his satirical prints. After the revolution of 1910 Mexican artist enjoyed unusually strong government patronage and were, as a result, committed principally to the expression of revolutionary ideals. The three internationally acclaimed painters are Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. They produced masterpieces of mural art and initiated a revival of fresco painting. Later in the world of Mexican art and architecture modern Mexican artist continued to make extraordinary variety of works in many styles and techniques. The major figures are Jose Luis Cuevas, Jorge G. Camarena, Martinez de Hoyos, Frida Kahlo, Enrique Echeverria, Leonora Carrington, Francisco Toledo, and Rodolfo Morales. Most of these modern artist had flourished in their techniques, they have gone more into doing Functionalism, and

It is a disk the measures 12 feet in diameter and weighs about 24 metric tons. This piece is dated back to 1479. It was original painted with bright colors but over time the color faded away and only the carving on it was left. The Spaniards buried it in the 1555 and was later discovered in 1790. This monument is most well known as the Aztec calendar. The intricacy of its reliefs demonstrates Aztec accomplishment in art and mathematics and their ability to carve stone. This art work has great significance a depiction of the Aztec cosmos. The iconography relates when the Aztec world began, how it would continue and when it would reach its inevitable