(Please click to enlarge to see details). I am fascinated by miniatures, dioramas and retablos depicting historical and cultural life found throughout Mexico, Central and South America, and Puerto Rico. San Juan has an extensive collection of dioramas depicting the island’s history of colonial occupation located in the Museo de las Americas.

These Puerto Rican miniatures fascinate me because they bring life under colonal rule alive in a multi-dimensional manner.

Check them out and see for yourself.

Do you get a sense of servitude in paradise in these miniatures?

The artistry is detailed and life-like.

Art can speak so much more eloquently than words.

The art of miniature making continues today throughout Latin American in the form of retablos, or folk art. This is an example of a retablo of a building in the Old City of San Juan that was on display in the museum.

And this is one…