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Latin American and Caribbean Art
Anima (Alma/Soul) by Ana Mendieta, 1976
Albert y Lynn Morales, Silver City, New Mexico by Louis Carlos Bernal, 1978
Guatemalan Fugitive from a Mayan Lintel by Rodolfo Abularach, 1958
Be Kind to Your Demons (Istanbul Cats) by Hulda Guzmán, 2018
Ängel del Trópico, by Antonio Bonilla, 2000's
Hombre Rana by Lola Álvarez Bravo, 1949
Untitled by Olga Albizu, 1957
Untitled by Catherine Green, 1991
About This Guide
This research guide provides an ongoing selection of information and research resources on Latin American Art. It was created in Summer 2021 by Library Student Research Assistant Stefanie Williams, an MLIS student in UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.
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Useful Subject Headings
Search the library catalog for a specific topic using "Subject" search. Below are some examples for which different names, titles, and subtopics can be changed.
- Art--Latin America
- Art--Latin America--History
- Art--Latin America--Bibliography
- Art--Peru
- Artists--Latin America
- Artists--Haiti
- Art, Latin American--20th century
- Art, Mexican--20th century
- Art, Latin American--20th century--Exhibitions
- Art, Latin American--History
- Art, Latin American--Spanish influences
- Art, Latin American--United States
- Art, Latin American--Themes, motives
- Art, Guatemalan
- Painters--Mexico--Biography
- Painting, Mexican
- Muralist painting and decoration--20th Century--Nicaragua
- Sculpture, Venezuelan