Horn Players , 1983, acrylic and oilstick on three canvas panels mounted on wood supports Jean-Michel Basquiat  was a classic Neo-Expressionist painter and New York native, a place in which he took great inspiration from. Born in 1960, Basquiat spent his childhood going to museums and studying fine art. Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, he was introduced to the graffiti culture around him. Basquiat started by putting graffiti around lower Manhattan under the name of “SAMO”. Then, he moved on...

The Alhambra , Granada, Spain, Nasrid Dynasty, 1354-1391, white-washed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gliding The Alhambra  in Granada, Spain was a fortress complex made in the Nasrid Dynasty of Islamic Spain and it was created sometime during 1354 to 1391 with white washed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gliding. It was a palace made for the caliphate, the leaders of an Islamic government, but also acted as a military fortress. Because of this, it had characteristics of both...

Templo Mayor , Tenochtitlan (modern-day Mexico City), Aztec, 1375-1520, Indigenous Americas Templo Mayor  is the main temple in the city of Tenochtitlan, modern-day Mexico City and the capital of the Aztec Empire, in the most sacred part of the city. Templo Mayor was most likely the location of the most important ritual and ceremonial events. It was made during the period of 1375 to 1520 out of stone covered in stucco. It was made on a very large scale, and it could have been seen from four...