Dominican art
Dominican art comprises all the visual arts and plastic arts made in Dominican Republic. Since ancient times, various groups have inhabited the island of Ayíti/Quisqueya (the Indigenous names of the island), or Hispaniola (the name the Spanish gave to the island); the history of the country's art is generally compartmentalized into three periods: pre-Hispanic or Aboriginal Amerindian (500 BC to 1500 AD), Hispanic or colonial (1502 to 1821 AD), and the national or Dominican period (1844 to present day).