Oil On Copper Painting: Apache Indians By Ramon Torres
Apache Indians
My overall first impression of this oil on copper painting called Apache Indians by Ramon Torres in 1780, was the view of the 18th century lifestyle as apache indians. This painting depicts a great picture of their daily life and culture. The male out hunting to provide for his family while the female is providing for the family by nurturing the child. This painting leaves me wondering what the male is about to shoot the arrow at. I see the deer in the background, but it appears that the deer is not in the cross hairs of the bow and arrow.
The content in this painting is a man holding a bow and arrow, as if he is out hunting or protecting his tribe and also a female that is holding a child while it is breastfeeding and pointing at something in the distance. These people are described as Apache Indians in the 18th century. The Apache’s are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States (Apache). The Apache Indians were most commonly found in common day Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico. …show more content…
Nowadays though, particularly in Latin America, Mestizo has become more of a cultural term, with culturally mainstream Latin Americans regarded or termed as Mestizos regardless of their actual ancestry, and with the term "Indian" being reserved exclusively for people who have maintained a separate indigenous ethnic identity, language, tribal affiliation (Mestizo). The mestizo is used to define the pure spaniard and the native mixed
My overall first impression of this oil on copper painting called Apache Indians by Ramon Torres in 1780, was the view of the 18th century lifestyle as apache indians. This painting depicts a great picture of their daily life and culture. The male out hunting to provide for his family while the female is providing for the family by nurturing the child. This painting leaves me wondering what the male is about to shoot the arrow at. I see the deer in the background, but it appears that the deer is not in the cross hairs of the bow and arrow.
The content in this painting is a man holding a bow and arrow, as if he is out hunting or protecting his tribe and also a female that is holding a child while it is breastfeeding and pointing at something in the distance. These people are described as Apache Indians in the 18th century. The Apache’s are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States (Apache). The Apache Indians were most commonly found in common day Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico. …show more content…
Nowadays though, particularly in Latin America, Mestizo has become more of a cultural term, with culturally mainstream Latin Americans regarded or termed as Mestizos regardless of their actual ancestry, and with the term "Indian" being reserved exclusively for people who have maintained a separate indigenous ethnic identity, language, tribal affiliation (Mestizo). The mestizo is used to define the pure spaniard and the native mixed