The Mexican artist Martín Ramírez (1895 - 1963), is considered by some to be one of the 20th century's preeminent self-taught masters....

This beautiful vessel of which type has been commonly referred to as a “Chocolate Pot”, and which is described as a drinking cup for the...

The Mayan Goddess Ix Chel was the Goddess of the Moon, female cycles, weaving and the guardian of midwives, fertility, and childbirth....

The Maya were a powerful pre-Columbian civilization who thrived between AD 600 – AD 800. They were literate and had a complex language...

The Mayan Chacmool is a distinctive form of Meso-american sculpture representing a reclining figure with its head facing 90 degrees from...

Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a multi-day celebration which reunites the departed ancestors with the living. The tradition of...

During the 17th Century, artists Rubens and Carravagio used ultramarine blue pigments that were made using crushed semi-precious lapis...