Art ke ponahatso ea 'nete ea sechaba se e hlahisang. Maemo a lipolotiki le a bolumeli a sehlopha se phelang ka nako e itseng a bonahala ka lipolelo tse fapaneng tse hlophisitsoeng.
Lilemo tse makholo a mabeli le halofo tsa kolone li sebelitse - ho fihlela joale - ho theha monna oa mestizo ka mehopolo ea hae ea nkileng mohopolo oa papiso. Ho fihla ha Bourbons teroneng ea Spain (lekholo la bo18 la lilemo) e tla ba qeto ea ho hlongoa ha tsamaiso e ncha, litloaelo tse ncha le mohopolo o mocha oa filosofi o hlahisitsoeng ke Phetohelo ea Fora e buang ka tekano, tokoloho le kamano.
Kahoo, Academia de San Carlos e thehiloe New Spain ka 1778, e tlisa matichere a tletse likhopolo tsa neoclassical, setaele se tsebahalang Europe. Moetso o mocha o sebelisa likarolo tsa khale joalo ka: litšiea tse nang le lifate tse otlolohileng kapa tse boreleli, lihlooho tsa khale. Litlhaselo tse arotsoeng ka architrave, frieze le cornice; pediment ea litsebe tse bulehileng kapa tse koetsoeng. Likereke tse ngata li nkile qeto ea ho fetola setaele sa tsona 'me likarolo tsa aletare tsa khauta tsa nyamela bakeng sa tse ncha tse potlakileng ho li phetha. Joaloka li-facade tse ling li ile tsa fetoloa.
Nakong ea makholo a mararo a lilemo a puso ea Spain, naheng ea rona, lipolelo tse boletsoeng ka holimo li etsahetse mme li sebelitse moaho oa bolumeli oa baruti ba lefatše kapa ba kamehla.
Ho utloisisa lipontšo tsa bonono ho bolela ho utloisisa moelelo oa batho, tabeng ena ea Mexico ea rona. Bjo ke bohwa bja rena gomme re swanetše go bo šireletša.
