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Ancient and Living Cultures Stencils: Ancient Mexico

Mira Bartok and Christine Ronan
1994 GoodYearBooks
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-673-36055-5

Five easy-to-do art projects take children on a journey through Mexico's past from early Meso-American civilization to the time of the Aztecs. The gods of creation, rain, wind, and sun are introduced through myths and stories. A collection of stencils based on symbols and designs from Mexico's past are included with activity instructions for making a calendar disk, pyramid, codex book, ceremonial headdress, and story mural.

Ancient Mesoamerican Art and Cultures
1996 Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Available from Los Angeles County Museum of Art

This teacher kit from an Evenings for Educators program includes background information on ancient Mesoamerican art and cultures, a bibliography; classroom activity sheets, and 6 slides of Pre-Columbian art with an accompanying teaching guide for each slide.

Arts of Mexico Timeline
1993 Crizmac
Available from Crizmac

A collection of 8 posters illustrating a chronological history of the development of Mexican art and culture from pre-Columbian times to the present. Cultures, sites and styles included are Olmec, Teotihuacan, Maya, Veracruz, Mixtec, Aztec, Colonial, and Contemporary.

Diego Rivera Postcards
1991 Chronicle Books
Available from Chronicle Books, 275 Fifth St., San Francisco, CA 94103
ISBN# 0-8118-0044-X

A collection of 22 color reproductions of the art of Diego Rivera in postcard format

Frida Kahlo Postcards
1991 Chronicle Books
Available from Chronicle Books, 275 Fifth St., San Francisco, CA 94103
ISBN# 0-8118-0039-3

A collection of 22 color reproductions of art work of Frida Khalo in postcard format.

Gente del Sol
1996 Crizmac
Available from Crizmac

Six color reproductions of folk art from Mexico and Central America including Mexican bark paintings, Huichol yarn paintings, and Guatemalan textiles.

Kingdom of Saints: Early Bultos of New Mexico
Michael O'Shaughnessy
1993 Red Crane Books
Available from Red Crane Books, 826 Camino de Monte Rey, Santa Fe, NM 87501
ISBN# 1-878610-35-X

A collection of 22 color photographs of santos in the form of bultos from New Mexico dated 1780-1970 in postcard format.

Kingdom of Saints: Early Retablos of New Mexico
Michael O'Shaughnessy
1993 Red Crane Books
Available from Red Crane Books, 826 Camino de Monte Rey, Santa Fe, NM 87501
ISBN# 1-878610-36-8

A collection of 22 color photo reproductions of santos in the form of retablos from New Mexico dated 1780-1907 in postcard format.

Mexican Mural Postcards by Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros
James Spero
1990 Dover Publications, Inc.
Available from Dover Publications, Inc.
ISBN# 0-486-26402-5

24 full-color postcards of murals by three major figures in the Mexican mural tradition: Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco and David Alfar oSiqueiros.

Mexican-American Multicultural Art Print Series
Getty Center for Education in the Arts
Available from Dale Seymour Publications

Five full-color posters of Mexican-American art. The back of each print contains cultural context, thematic content, discussion questions and other pertinent background information. The set includes "Baboon" by Felipe Archuleta, "Vaquero" by Luis Jimenez, "Granite Weaving" by Jesus Bautista Moroles, "Saint Anthony of Padua" by an unknown 18th artist, and "San Francisco to New York in One Hour" by Alexander Maldonado.

Mother's Helper
Diego Rivera
1950 Shorewood Fine Art Reproductions, Inc.
Available from Shorewood Fine Art Reproductions, Inc.

Full color reproduction of Diego Rivera's 1950 painting of a girl helping her mother.

Biography

Women of Hope: Latina Poster Series

1995 Bread and Roses
Available from Social Studies School Service

A collection of 12 posters of Latina women who have made important social, artistic, and scientific contributions to the world. A teacher's guide with biographical sketches and class activities on self-identity, family and challenging stereotypes is included.

Dress and Adornment

Mexican Girl and Boy Paper Dolls

Kathy Allert
1992 Dover Publications, Inc.
Available from Dover Publications, Inc.
ISBN# 0-486-27229-X

This paper doll collection includes 32 authentically detailed traditional clothing ensembless worn by Mexican boys and girls. Indian clothing from various regions, headgear, and costumes such as the fancy riding (charro) outfits are included.

History of Mexico

Ancient and Living Cultures Stencils: Ancient Mexico

Mira Bartok and Christine Ronan
1994 GoodYearBooks
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-673-36055-5

Five easy-to-do art projects take children on a journey through Mexico's past from early Meso-American civilization to the time of the Aztecs. The gods of creation, rain, wind, and sun are introduced through myths and stories. A collection of stencils based on symbols and designs from Mexico's past are included with activity instructions for making a calendar disk, pyramid, codex book, ceremonial headdress, and story mural.

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