Constantino Reyes-Valerio

Constantino Reyes-Valerio (January 10, 1922, Zinacatepec, Puebla - December 13, 2006, Mexico City) was a prominent Mexican scholar of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, particularly the Aztec and the Maya, an expert in Christian Iconography of the Romanic and Gothic periods in Europe and the Colonial period in Mexico. Reyes-Valerio coined the term “Arte Indocristiano” to refer to the Latinamerican Art that combines European Christian iconography with native Indigenous expressions and traditions both in mural paintings and sculpture.

He studied both History and Chemistry, a combination that helped him decipher the chemical composition and a recipe to recreate the Maya blue pigment.