Unit V - Art Appreciation - ARTS-1301 - Research Guides at South Texas College

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Rachael Brown

Office Location: Mid Valley Campus - G134

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Unit V: Thematic Investigation

putting it all together by looking at Mesoamerican Art

Indigenous Arts of North America
Denver Art Museum's guide to Indigenous Arts of North America.
Lumen Learning; The Mixtec
Part of Lumen Learning's World Civilization course. Information on the Mixtec people and codices.
Mesoamerica, an introduction
Course from Khan Academy on Mesoamerica.
Mesoamerican Art
Collection of Mesoamerican art at the Met.
Mesoamerican Art at Google Arts & Culture
Gallery of Mesoamerican art on Google Arts & Culture.
Mixtec Codices
Gallery of codices.
Native American Art Magazine
A monthly magazine and website specially written for collectors, galleries, and painters of traditional fine art.
Native American Ceramics
Gallery and information on Native American pottery from the Crocker Museum.
“Tlacuilos”: the graffiti artists of Central America
Article from Tea After Twelve Issue #06, profiling graffiti artists in Central America.

Academic Video Online
Online videos in a wide range of subject areas, including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
Artstor on JSTOR
Contains over one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences.
Notice: Artstor is now part of JSTOR. Use this link to learn how to copy your image groups from the previous Artstor into JSTOR.
For more assistance, please view the ARTstor tutorial (PDF).
CQ Researcher
Comprehensive coverage of current public policy issues, politics, and positions.
For more assistance, please view the CQ Researcher tutorial.
Films on Demand
Online videos in the humanities, social sciences, business, science, health & medicine, careers, and technical & trade education.
For more assistance, please view the Films on Demand tutorial.
Hobbies & Crafts Source
Instructions and creative ideas for popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities.
For more assistance, please view the Hobbies & Crafts Source tutorial.
Humanities Full Text
Many of the most important academic journals in the humanities.
For more assistance, please view the Humanities Full Text tutorial.
Issues & Controversies
Authoritative factual analysis of opposing points of view.
For more assistance, please view the Issues & Controversies tutorial.
Kanopy
Contains streaming videos, including documentaries, independent films, and foreign films..

For more Fine Arts resources, visit our Databases page.

Mesoamerican Art: Introduction to Mesoamerican Cosmogony
This is the first of five lectures within the introductory course of Mesoamerican art offered by the UK Mexican Art Society and UNAM-UK.
Cities of the Sky
Cities of the Sky explores the creation of some of the ancient world’s largest and most splendid cities. From Academic Video Online. STC login required.
Native American Art
Films on Demand segment from The Cult of Progress. STC login required.
Southwest American Indian Art
From World Indigenous Art. Full video from Films on Demand. STC login required.
Interpretation of a Mixtec Codex: The Smoking Mirror Codex
From Indigenous Peoples Research Foundation. Excerpts from a presentation by Loren Jeffries discussing his research of synodical cycles and other related information displayed in this codex.

Research Starter: Mesoamerica
Research Starter from the EBSCO database.
Research Starter: Mixtec
Research Starter from the EBSCO database.
Research Starter: Contemporary Native American Art
Research Starter from the EBSCO database.