Art for Spanish I

Auburn Middle School - Riner, VA

Search for Art of Mexico and Costa Rica

Using the Yahoo search engine, search for the folllowing topics and record your findings and comments. You will search for art of the ancient Indians of Latin America, and you will search for various Mexican artists of the twentieth century. The last search will let you go shopping for frogs!

1. Pre-Columbian art
   1. Which state(s) have large collections of Indian art from before Columbus?

2. What is the name of the Pre-Columbian exhibit that is touring the U.S. until 1998?

Art-Mexican List the names of three self-portraits by Frida Kahlo: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________

View one of the portraits by clicking on the small icon. Comments?

Return to the screen with the 19 choices of Mexican art. View one art work of each of the following Mexican artists. (You will find examples of all these artists in the Museo de Arte Carillo Gil in Mexico City.) Clemente Orozco_____________________________________ Diego Rivera________________________________________

David Alfaro Siquieros________________________________

Go back to the screen with 19 choices of Mexican art. Now you can shop for frogs. You are a collector of frog art and want to see if you can add to your collection by finding a frog by a Mexican artist. Visit some of the on-line "museum shops" to view some frog art. Record your findings and comments.