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The day of the Mexican flag Aztec codices (Nahuatl languages: Mēxihcatl āmoxtli Nahuatl pronunciation: [meːˈʃiʔkatɬ aːˈmoʃtɬi]) are books written by pre-Columbian and colonial-era Aztecs. These codices provide some of the best primary sources for Aztec culture. The pre-Columbian codices mostly do not in fact use the codex form (that of a modern paperback) and are, or originally were, long folded sheets. They also differ from European books in that they mostly consist of images and pictograms; they were  not meant to symbolize spoken or written narratives.The colonial era codices not only contain Aztec pictograms, but also Classical Nahuatl (in the Latin alphabet), Spanish, and occasionally Latin. Some are entirely in Nahuatl without pictorial content. Although there are very few surviving pre-conquest codices, the tlacuilo (codex painter) tradition endured the transition to colonial culture; scholars now have access to a body of around 500 colonial-era codices. Colonial-er

New York Times archive. February 08, 1938 - By EDWARD ALDEN JEWELL - Print Headline: "SHOW REPRESENTS MEXICAN ARTISTS; Work of Fifteen Painters of Present Day on View at the Valentine Gallery" Siqueiros, Julio Castellanos and Dr. Atl, although much less familiar than the first three named, are not newcomers here, but  Federico   Cantu , Gabriel Fernandez Ledesma, Guerrero Galvan, Augustin Lazo, Roberto     May 21, 1939 - - Print Headline: "OPENINGS OF THE WEEK" Associated American Artists Gallery (May 23-June 12). Brabazon, Hercules--Water-colors. Knoedler Galleries (May 22-June 3).  Cantu ,  Federico --Recent oils. Charles Morgan Gallery. (May 22-June 10). Dix, May 28, 1939, AMERICAN artists to the number of thirty-six are repre sented in the eleventh annual exhibition of the American Print Makers, current (till June 12) at the galleries of Associated American Artists. Informal in operation, this organization has no officers, bu

Alfredo Ramos Martínez 1871-1946 Cantú Y de Teresa Collection Alfredo Ramos Martínez (November 12, 1871 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico – November 8, 1946 in Los Angeles) was a painter, muralist, and educator, who lived and worked in Mexico, Paris, and Los Angeles. Considered by many to be the 'Father of Mexican Modernism', Ramos Martínez is best known for his serene and empathetic paintings of traditional Mexican people and scenes. As the renowned Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío wrote, "Ramos Martínez is one of those who paints poems; he does not copy, he interprets; he understands how to express the sorrow of the fisherman and the melancholy of the village.” Ramos Martínez was born in 1871 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, the ninth child of Jacobo Ramos and his wife Luisa Martínez His father was a successful merchant trading in jewelry, fine fabrics, silver, embroidered suits and hand-woven sarapes from Saltillo. From an early age Ramos Martínez

Federico Cantú 1907-1989 Mural Las Enseñanzas de Quetzalcóatl Indigenismo Patrimonio Mural IMSS Quetzalcóatl, considerado como "La Serpiente Emplumada", representa la dualidad inherente a la condición humana: la "serpiente" es cuerpo físico con sus limitaciones y las "plumas" son los principios espirituales. Otro nombre aplicado a esta deidad es Nahualpiltzintli, "príncipe de los nahuales". Quetzalcóatl es también el título de los sacerdotes supremos de la religión tolteca. Se lo identificó con al menos un personaje histórico, a saber: Ce Ácatl Topiltzin, rey de Tula, quien vivió entre los años 895 y 947 de la era cristiana Las enseñanzas de Quetzalcóatl quedaron recogidas en ciertos documentos llamados Huehuetlahtolli (‘antiguas palabras’), transmitidos por tradición oral y puestos por escrito por los primeros cronistas españoles. Se han publicado traducciones parciales de los mismos. Debido a que consideraban que todo el Universo tiene un