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Amalia Mesa-Bains (born July 10, 1943), [1] is a Chicana curator, author, visual artist, and educator. She is best known for her large-scale installations that reference home altars and ofrendas . Her work engages in a conceptual exploration of Mexican American women's spiritual practices that addresses colonial and imperial histories of ...
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca [a] [b] (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.
La mascara (de la locura) Oil on masonite, 40 x 30.5 cm Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City, Mexico [2] 1945 Without Hope: Sin esperanza: Oil on canvas mounted on masonite, 28 x 36 cm Collection of Dolores Olmedo Patiño, Mexico City, Mexico 1946 Landscape (Landscape of El Pedregal) Paisaje: Oil on canvas, 20 x 27 cm Frida Kahlo Museum, Coyoacán ...
Roberto Cueva del Río (April 28, 1908 – June 24, 1988), born as Rodolfo Roberto De La Cueva Del Río, was a Mexican muralist. He was given a number of commissions by Lázaro Cárdenas for works in Michoacan , including Pátzcuaro and Cárdenas's birthplace of Jiquilpan .
Por Debajo de la Mesa" ended 1997 as the eighth best-performing Latin single of the year in the United States. [20] The track also peaked at number one on the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart where it spent five weeks on top of the chart and was the best-performing Latin pop song of the year in the country.
16th century Aztec gold ornament at the Palace of Cortés A 16th century Spanish helmet on display at the Palace of Cortés. After restoration work by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) in the 1970s, the building was converted into the Museo Regional Cuauhnahuac, and on March 30, 2023 it reopened as the new Museo Regional de Los Pueblos de Morelos.
Martín Cortés de Albacar (1510–1582) was a Spanish cosmographer. [1] In 1551 he published the standard navigational textbook Arte de navegar (also known as Breve compendio). [2] A decade later (1561), Arte de navegar became the earliest known English navigation manual up to date with all of the strategies used at the time. [3]
Pánfilo de Narváez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaɱfilo ðe naɾˈβaeθ]; born 1470 or 1478, [3] died 1528) was a Spanish conquistador and soldier in the Americas. Born in Spain , he first sailed to the island of Jamaica (then Santiago) in 1510 as a soldier.