ART IN HONDURAS

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ART IN HONDURAS

INTRODUCTION

Art has been a facet that has existed with the very presence of the human being in our territory, which we can locate with the arrival of migrations of human groups, hunters and gatherers that reached the isthmus at the end of the last ice age, evidence of the presence of the human being we have in the region of La Esperanza in the department of Intibucá, La Cueva del Gigante in La Paz, the Pisadas del Diablo in Talanga in the department of Francisco Morazán.

1. Prehispanic art
2. Colonial art
3. visual arts

- Painting - Architecture - Sculpture - Cinema - Theater - Dance - Music - Literature

PREHISPANIC ART

• During three millennia before the territories of present-day Honduras, many cultures flourished, broadly inherited from the influence of the Mesoamerican cultural region and the Circuncaribe Cultural Region.
• The first cultural region based its cultural expressions on the cultivation of corn while the second pre-Columbian cultural region based its cultural expressions on the gathering of fruits, hunting and fishing.

• These peoples developed the arts in very diverse and varied ways, including architecture, cave paintings, ceramics, sculpture, music among others, in addition to various sciences such as biology, botany, chemistry, medicine, mathematics and astronomy.

COLONIAL ART

The contact with the arrival of the European colonizer implied a series of radical transformations in the lives of the native inhabitants of the continent and of the region that makes up present-day Honduras, since the arrival of the conqueror took a dizzying turn before the imposition of social patterns. Spanish cultural and Western Christian culture that prevailed during the centuries to come.

Most of the artistic works of the colonial period are religious or sacred art. During the Spanish colonization, new arts and artistic techniques also flourished in the country, many of these works are preserved in the National Gallery of Art

VISUAL ARTSPAINTING

The painting in the territory of present-day Honduras has existed since pre-Columbian times, which is still in the process of discovery since the resources and wills necessary to find these roots of pre-Columbian culture in Honduras have not existed, as demonstrated by the recent processes of investigation of the White City in the Mosquitia region in the east of the country.

VISUAL ARTSPAINTING

The most prominent painters that Honduras has had are José Antonio Velásquez and Carlos Garay. The painter Velásquez was recognized as the first primitivist painter in America. Also, in 1940 the National School of Fine Arts was founded, located in Comayagüela, D.C. in order to enrich the knowledge of future Honduran painters.

ARCHITECTURE

The architecture has been developed since pre-Columbian times in Honduras highlights the Mayan civilization In the colonial era, the one directed to the military defense field stands out in the field of architecture.

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SCULPTURE

ALEX GALO

CINEMA

In cinema, the Honduran filmmaker Sami Kafati stands out, who produced the short film Mi Amigo Ángel (1962) and the feature film No hay Tierra sin Dueño (2003). Vilma Martínez and Mario López also stand out with the short films "Maíz, Copal y Candela", "Mundo Garífuna", "José Cecilio del Valle" and "Ticha Reyes" (1977-1980). Also Hispano Durón, producer of the film Anita the insect huntress (2000), Juan Carlos Fanconi producer of the film Almas de la Medianoche (2001) with Mario Jaén; and the recently produced documentary by Manuel Farías and Vilma Martínez, based on Julio Escoto's book and musical arrangement by Guillermo Anderson, "Morazán is in the Streets" (2009).

CINEMA

QUIÈN PAGA LA CUENTA?

MUSIC

Honduras being a country with little tradition and academic training in the field of composition, we can find despite this, a series of composers in the various genres of composition who have been trained either abroad in prestigious universities or other self-taught. In many cases it is usually found among them, the "crossover" or crossing and mixing in their different fields or styles. Among the composers of CLASSIC ACADEMIC MUSIC of the 20th century, we can mention: Francisco Díaz Zelaya, Humberto Cano, (engineer) Roberto Dominguez Agurcia, Manuel Adalid y Gamero, Toribio Bustillo Díaz, Rafael Coello Ramos, XX / XXI CENTURY: Norma Erazo, Jorge Gustavo Mejía, Anthony Campbell, Javier Reyes, Jorge Santos, Marlon Herrera, Walterio Galdámez, Sergio Suazo; XXI CENTURY: Nestore Zavattori, Daniel Gómez, Bryan Reyes, Lilian de Heyer, Roger García. In the genre of CANTAAUTORES, POPULAR MÚSICA Y JAZZ we find: Guillermo Anderson, Javier Monthiel, Pavel Núñez, Luis Enrique Godoy Pagoaga, Julio Zelaya, German Betuel, Gerson Hernández.

MUSIC

GUILLERMO ANDERSON

THEATER

During the late 18th century, a form of theater known as pastorelas was introduced to Honduras.[1] In 1750, the first theatrical performance in Honduras was Luis Vélez de Guevara's Devil Cojuelo in Comayagua. Despite subsequent productions, a theatrical tradition was not yet established.[2] In 1915 the Manuel Bonilla National Theater was completed, where theater, opera, zarzuela and dance were performed.

LITERATURE

Juan Ramón Molina, one of the great poets of Spanish American modernism came from Honduras and among those he influenced, especially noticeable Froylán Turcios. A renewal of poetry, under the influence of the Chileans Huidobro and Neruda and the Peruvian Vallejo, has happened later, with Oscar Acosta as the prime example. Honduras also had several good prose writers during the 20th century, especially the stylistically rich talented Julio Escoto

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