The Spanish Conquest laid the ground for 300 years of colonial rule which made Spain the richest country in Europe and divided Mexico with a class system that still affects today's society.

Casta, Spanish for “caste,” paintings though also convey ideas beyond wealth. Usually done in sets of 16, the paintings typically show a husband, wife and child.

of Spanish colonial casta paintings currently on display at the Americas Society. "Casta" is Spanish for caste and these "casta paintings" are incredibly frank documents--unparalleled by anything in ...

Spanish Colonial Revival homes are still widely found (and built) throughout Florida and California, but also extending further into the Southeast and Southwest. Follow House Beautiful on Instagram.

This Spanish Colonial residence in Mar Vista was remade by the husband-and-wife architecture team of Peggy Hsu and Chris McCullough with a mix of repurposed materials and contemporary finishes.

“Painted Cloth: Fashion and Ritual in Colonial Latin America,” a new exhibition opening Aug. 14 at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, explores how they did it.

Most Spanish Colonial-style homes in the United States today are not made from genuine adobe, which takes a month in the sun to dry and is labor-intensive and expensive to produce.

Historical Archaeology, Vol. 26, No. 1, The Archaeology of the Spanish Colonial and Mexican Republican Periods (1992), pp. 84-91 (8 pages) European colonial efforts were most successful where the ...

Now, as for Spanish Revival architecture, that happened a bit later—it was part of the Colonial Revival movement that spread all across the United States in the early 1900s as Americans grew ...

Discovery of 500-year-old pistol parts sheds new light on Colorado's Spanish colonial history By James Rogers , Fox News Published January 4, 2018 10:35am EST | Updated January 4, 2018 10:58am EST ...