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Mesoamerican Art: An Introduction

    Who were the first people that inhabit America?…the Continent America? Where did they come from? When did they first arrive in the continent? There are many answers from different scientific disciplines’ perspectives to these and other related questions. Answers that had/have been developed because of artifacts/objects that still were/are being found in ancient settlement/ruin sites. It is by a geographic mistake (Christopher Columbus thought that he arrived at the coast of India, Asia, in 1492) and by phenotypic characteristics that Mesoamericans had/have, were/are called “Indians.” Since then, 1492, “Indians” or “indios” (in Spanish) are the native/aboriginal America continent’s inhabitants or peoples. Other descriptive adjectives, such as “savage,” “wild,” “primitive,” or “beast” were used, as a justification for their demise/extermination by the European conquerors. Descriptive adjectives that are still in use as ways of dismissing, stereotyping, prejudicing, and...

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“Expanded Views II: Native American Art in Focus”

  Potter Maria/Marie Poveka (means Pond Lily in Tewa language) (Montoya) Martinez’s (1887-1980) and painter Julian Martinez’s (1879-1943) signatures are written at the bottom of the “Large Black Bowl” made in circa 1926-1940 and acquired by the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) in 2019. The jar has a shinny polished black surface which contrasts with the unpolished/matte black curvilinear and geometric abstract designs that occupy more than half of the globular shaped body of the storage jar that measures 15 1/8 x 21 ¾ inches (38.4 x 55.2 cm.). Maria and Julian Martinez were Tewa Nation's descendants, who married in 1904, year when they traveled to the World Fair in Saint Louis, MO, where Maria Martinez demonstrated to the public her pottery skills and became known as "The Potter of San Ildefonso" (Marriot, 1948). Since 1919, her pottery has been in "great demand" (Spivey, 2003, page 29). She made pottery by hand until 1970. "She never decorated pottery herself...

A Visit to the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA)

  Renaissance and Baroque Paintings Hendrick Terbrugghen Dutch, 1588-1629 The Supper at Emmaus 1616 Oil on Canvas 1983.1 Gallery 36 Genre: Religious (Bible/New Testament) Jacob Jordaens Flemish, 1593-1678 Adam and Eve, 1642 Oil on Canvas 1987.201 Gallery 36 Genre: Religious (Bible/Old Testament) Valentin de Boulogne French, 1592-1632 Fortune Teller with Soldiers, about 1620 Oil on Canvas 1981.53 Gallery 36 Genre a painting of everyday life: men in a tavern Nicolas Poussin French, 1594-1665 Mars and Venus About 1633-1634 Oil on Canvas 1954.87   Gallery 36 Mythological Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch, 1606-1669 Young Man with Plumed Hat, 1631 Oil on wood panel 1926.64 ...