Honduran art

When the urban centers began to gain a very important role in terms of trade routes and had a better organized society was when the Pre-Columbian peoples of Honduras developed a more sophisticated and much diverse artistic techniques of pottery, sculpture, painting, muralism, etc.

The most emblematic examples of this type of pre-Hispanic Honduran art are found in the ruins of Mayan cities such as Copan and El Puente, due to their high degree of remains of stelae, sculptures, carvings, and decorative ornaments such as jade for use in jewelry.

Some Mayan buildings in Honduras still have samples and fragments of the color that painted them in the past, and it is known that there may have been Codex existed in cities like Copán, but until now, none have been found or preserved.

In addition to the Mayan cities found in Honduras, there are archaeological remains of other cultures such as the Lencas and the Pech, who also used to build pyramidal structures and plazas.

[6] The baroque style in colonial America was not only considered an influence of the metropolis but also had a significant role in the conversion of indigenous peoples to Christianity.

We would see the arrival of artistic techniques from western Europe and North America in the country and an increasing number of remodeling of public areas that required new statues and monuments that honored national heroes such as General Francisco Morazan.

During this time the most famous sculptor of Honduras Mario Zamora Alcántara would arrive, who would study in Mexico and would create some of the largest monumental works in the country such as The So-Called Cristo del Picacho.

By the beginning of the 21st century Honduras would see an artistic boom in murals, many of them closely related to the political unrest that occurred at that time, seeking to highlight the social character in them.

At an international level, the musical group stood out: 'Banda Blanca'; with his hits "Sopa de Caracol", "Fiesta", "Saben Quien Arrived", among many others.

Some of the most recent films produced in Honduras are: Honduran cinema has had a boom in the last decade, the growth of filmmakers and the support by institutions and private companies to contests has motivated young students of careers related to communications to create their own short films, documentary shorts and documentaries.

fter eleven months of discussion and its approval in the National Congress, the Honduran Cinematography Law came into force on 6 December 2019, after being published in the Official Gazette La Gaceta.

Many of these foreigners were North Americans who managed to take cameras with them and were able to see what the country was like at that time, and thanks to this, fortography would begin to gain recognition and be taken into account as another art within the culture.