DOCUMENT RESUME ED 342 705 SO 021 911 AUTHOR Horton, Judith Page, Ed. TITLE Latin American Art and Music: A Handbook for Teaching. INSTITUTION Texas Univ., Austin. Inst. of Latin American Studies. SPONS AGENCY National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH), Washington, D.C. REPORT NO ISBN-0-86728-012-3 PUB DATE 89 NOTE 194p.; From the Latin American Culture Studies Project. AVAILABLE FROM Institute of Latin American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Sid W. Richardson Hall 1.310, Austin, TX 78712 ($9.95). PUB TYPE Guides - Non-Classroom Use (055) EDRS PRICE MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Area Studies; *Art Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; *Foreign Culture; Global Approach; Multicultural Education; *Music Education; Units of Study; Visual Arts IDENTIFIERS *Latin America ABSTRACT This collection of essays, curriculum units, and study guides on Latin American art and musical traditions is designed to help interested teachers take a comprehensive approach to teaching these subjects. The introduction features the essay, "Media Resources Available on Latin American Culture: A Survey of Art, Architecture, and Music Articles Appearing in Americas" (K. Murray). Section 1, The Visua] Arts of Latin America, has the following articles: "The Latin American Box: Environmental Aesthetics in the Classroom" (R. Robkin); "Mascaras y Danzas de Mexico y Guatemala" (J. Winzinger); "The Five Creations and Four Destructions of the Aztec World" (C. Simmons; R. Gaytan); "Art Forms of Quetzalcoatl: A Teaching Guide for Spanish, History, and Art Classes" (A. P. Crick); "The Art and Architecture of Mesoamerica: An Overview" (J. Quirarte); "Interpreting the Aztec Calendar" (L. Hall); "Mexican Muralism: Its Social-Educative Roles in Latin America and the United States" (S. Goldman); "Mexico: An Artist's History" (K. Jones); "A Historical Survey of Chicano Murals in the Southwest" (A. Rodriguez); and "El Dia de los Muertos" (C. Hickman). Section 2, The Musical Heritage of Latin America, has an introduction: "The Study of Latin American Folk Music and the Classroom" (G. Behague) and the following articles: "Value Clarification of the Chicano Culture through Music and Dance" (R. R. de Guerrero); "'La Bamba': Reflections of Many People" (J. Taylor); "The Latin American Art Music Tradition: Some Criteria for Selection of Teaching Materials" (M. Kuss); "Mariachi Guide" (B. San Miguel); "'El Tamborito': The Panamanian Musical Heritage" (N. Samuda); "A Journey through the History of Music in Latin America" (J. Orrego-Salas); "A Multicultural Tapestry for Young People" (V. Gachen); and "A Survey of Mexican Popular Music" (A. Krohn). A list of Education Service Centers in Texas is in the appendix. (DB) LATIN AMERICAN ART AND MUSIC A Handbook forTeaching U.S. OEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Ong, nl Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This doct ment nu been reproduced as ,eiyed awn the persrn or organization originating it r Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality Points ot view or opinions slated in this docu meni do not necessarily representofficial rAmPAAor OERI position or policy 41~00"4",IL mdlor'4F Oft"PERMISSION TO REPRODUCETHIS MATERIAL IN MICROFICHEONLY HAS BEEN GRANTED BY INKriqd'S/P<V\ . I, oAida& "'" illeANIeniw TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES o INFORMATION CEN ER (ERIC)" PAIWPoist3KnegA 0 0 41111AallrhoralL. 0 0 Nor- 0 ci Edited By Judith Page Horton 4#. LATIN AMERICAN ART ANI JSIC: A HANDBOOK FOR TEACHING Edited by Judith Page Horton TI-IE INSTITUTE OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN WITH A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES INSTITUTE OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES Richard N. Adams, Director Michael E. Conroy, Associate Director COVER ILLUSTRATION: Repeated patterns from Pre-Hispanic Stamp Designs by Frederick V. Field, published by Dover Publications, Inc., 1974. International Standard Book Number 0-86728-012-3 First Edition, 1989 Except where credit is cited, all material in this book may be reproduced without permission. For permission to use credited material, write to the original publisher. The Latin American Culture Studies Project is distributed by the Publications Office Institute of Latin American Studies Sid Richardson Hall, 1.310 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 Printed by the Institute of Latin American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin. Manufactured in the United States of America. Contents Foreword v Acknowledgments vii Introduction ix Media Resources Available on Latin American Culture: A Survey of Art, Architecture, and Music Articles Appearing in Americas 1 By Kevin J. Murray SECTION I. THE VISUAL ARTS OF LATIN AMERICA The Latin America Box: Environmental Aesthetics in the Classroom 11 By Rochelle M. Robkin Mascaras y Danzas de Mexico y Guatemala 15 By Janice A. Winzinger The Five Creations and Four Destructions of the Aztec World 23 By Christina Simmons and Reynaldo Gaytán Art Forms of Quetzalcoatl: A Teaching Guide for Spanish, History, and Art Classes 24 By Ann Polyock Crick The Art and Architecture of Mesoamerica: An Overview 27 By Jacinto Quirarte Interpreting the Aztec Calendar 47 By Linda Hall Mexican Muralism: Its Social-Educative Roles in Latin America and the United States 53 By Shifra Goldman Mexico: An Artist's History 61 By Kay P. Jones A Historical Survey of Chicano Murals in the Southwest 66 By Alfred Rodriguez El Dia de los Muertos 72 By Charlotte Hickman iv SECTION II. THE MUSICAL HERITAGE OF LATIN AMERICA Introduction: The Study of Latin American Folk Music and the Classroom 85 By Gerard Béhague Value Clarification of the Chicano Culture through Music and Dance 89 By Rosa Ramirez de Guerrero "La Bamba": Reflections of Many People 97 By Judine A. Taylor The Latin American Art Music Tradition: Same Criteria for Selection of Teaching Materials 106 By Malena Kuss Mariachi Guide 119 By Belle San Miguel El Tamborito: The Panamanian Musical Heritage 133 By Nereida C. Samuda A Journey through the History of Music in Latin America 141 By Juan Orrego-Salas A Multicultural Tapestry for Young People 155 By Vivian R. Gaschen A Survey of Mexican Popular Music 159 By Argelia Krohn Appendix: Education Service Centers in the State of Texas 173 Foreword This collection of essays, curriculum units, and study guides on Latin American art and musical traditions results from popular demand. Previous outreach activities of the Institute of Latin American Studies served to introduce the classroom teacher to Latin America as an important area of study. During the years 1975-1977, the institute, through the financial sponsorship of the National Endowment for the Humanities, brought teachers to Austin to participate in workshops and conferences covering broad areas of Latin American culture studies. Working with University of Texas faculty and staff members, they created the resource handbook Latin American Culture Studies: Information and Materials for Teaching about Latin America, edited by Edward Giab, Jr. Among the most popular units of that guide are those concerned with the rich traditions of Latin American art and music, and many expressed a desire to work further in these areas. During 1979-1980, the institute, working closely with the Departments of Music, Art, and Art History of the University of Texas, offered the Latin American Musical Heritage Conference (Febniary 1980), the Latin American Visual Arts Conference (April 1980), and a three-week summer institute in which teachers designed practice! lesson units on the themes of Latin American art and music. Generous sponsorship by the National Endowment for the Humanities enabled the institute's outreach staff to subsidize the participation of teachers fium all areas of Texas and to bring the foremost experts in the fields to Austin to present an integrated overview of the development of traditional and contemporary art and music scenes of Latin America. During the Musical Heritage Conference participants became acquainted with the classical and popular musical traditions of Brazil, Argentina, the Andes, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the American Southwest. They were treated to dancing lessons, a chance to play the Andean flutes, live performances of medieval Spanish court music, and spectacular mariachi renditions of Mexican folk dances, as well as a presentation of romantic Mexican art songs seldom performed anymore. In the Latin American Visual Arts Conference, specialists from the University of Texas' Austin and San Antonio campuses and other universities and museums introduced participants to the major indigenous, colonial, and modern elements of Latin American painting, sculpture, ritual objects, mural art, utilitarian items, and weaving and tapestries. The hstitute was especially honored to bring Mrs. Barbara Duncan, patron of the superb Duncan Collection of Contemporary Latin American Art of the University of Texas at Austin, to share her most recent research with participants and presenters. In the summer following the conferences, curriculum specialists and teachers spent three weeks together working on the practical classroom materials that form the body of this work. They continued the tradition of networking established in earlier outreach projects, sharing ideas and expertise in order to introduce to their students fresh ways of viewing the culture and ways of this important area of the world. This work touches on some of the points covered in G lab's Wormation and Materials for