Download or read book Mexican Art & Culture written by Elizabeth Lewis and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is the Day of the Dead celebrated? What effect did politics have on twentieth-century painting? How do you weave with a backstrap loom? Arts and crafts offer a window into Mexican culture, reflecting its history, technology, beliefs, and every-day life. Every piece of Mexican art tells us something about the environment and the culture it was developed in, so that we can see how and why people make their art.