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The arts in Latin America, 1492-1820 / organized by Joseph J. Rishel with Suzanne Stratton-Pruitt.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Philadelphia, Pa. : Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2006.Description: xxiii, 568 p : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cmISBN:
  • 0300120036
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Contents:
Art in colonial Latin America: a brief critical review / Joseph J. Rishel -- Colonial foundations: points of contact and compatibility / Elizabeth Hill Boone and Thomas B.F. Cummins -- Spanish American colonial city: its origins, development, and functions / Alfonso Ortiz Crespo -- Black hand: notes on the African presence in the visual arts of Brazil and the Caribbean / Edward J. Sullivan -- Asia in the arts of colonial Latin America / Gauvin Alexander Bailey -- Parallel course of Latin American and European art in the viceregal era / Marcus Burke -- Artisans and artists in Ibero-America from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century / M. Concepción García Sáiz -- Decorative arts in Latin America, 1492-1820 / Mitchell A. Codding -- Textiles in colonial Latin America / Dilys E. Blum -- Dressing colonial, dressing diaspora / Gridley McKim-Smith -- Silver and silverwork, wealth and art in viceregal America / Cristina Esteras Martín -- Art of silver in colonial Brazil / Nuno Senos -- Exotic devotion: sculpture in viceregal America and Brazil, 1520-1820 / Marjorie Trusted -- Changing faces: the re-emergence of a sacred landscape in colonial Mexico and Peru / Adrian Locke -- Painting in colonial Latin America / Clara Bargellini -- Stars in the sea of the church: the Indian in eighteenth-century new Spanish painting / Ilona Katzew -- Observations on the origin, development, and manufacture of Latin American furniture / Jorge F. Rivas P.
Summary: By the end of the 16th century, Europe, Africa, and Asia were connected to North and South America via a vast network of complex trade routes. This led, in turn, to dynamic cultural exchanges between these continents and a proliferation of diverse art forms in Latin America. This monumental book transcends geographic boundaries and explores the history of the confluence of styles, materials, and techniques among Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas through the end of the colonial era--a period marked by the independence movements, the formation of national states, and the rise of academic art. Written by distinguished international scholars, essays cover a full range of topics, including city planning, iconography in painting and sculpture, East-West connections, the power of images, and the role of the artist. Beautifully illustrated with some three hundred works--many published for the first time--this book presents a spectacular selection of decorative arts, textiles, silver, sculpture, painting, and furniture. Scholarly entries on each of the works highlight the various cultural influences and differences throughout this vast region. This groundbreaking book also includes an illustrated chronology, informative maps, and an exhaustive bibliography and is sure to set a new standard in the field of Latin American studies.
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Book Book CGLAS Library Yellow 709.8 RIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 02876

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 20 September - 31 December 2006; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, 3 February - 6 May 2007; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 10 June - 3 September 2007.

Includes bibliographical references.

Art in colonial Latin America: a brief critical review / Joseph J. Rishel -- Colonial foundations: points of contact and compatibility / Elizabeth Hill Boone and Thomas B.F. Cummins -- Spanish American colonial city: its origins, development, and functions / Alfonso Ortiz Crespo -- Black hand: notes on the African presence in the visual arts of Brazil and the Caribbean / Edward J. Sullivan -- Asia in the arts of colonial Latin America / Gauvin Alexander Bailey -- Parallel course of Latin American and European art in the viceregal era / Marcus Burke -- Artisans and artists in Ibero-America from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century / M. Concepción García Sáiz -- Decorative arts in Latin America, 1492-1820 / Mitchell A. Codding -- Textiles in colonial Latin America / Dilys E. Blum -- Dressing colonial, dressing diaspora / Gridley McKim-Smith -- Silver and silverwork, wealth and art in viceregal America / Cristina Esteras Martín -- Art of silver in colonial Brazil / Nuno Senos -- Exotic devotion: sculpture in viceregal America and Brazil, 1520-1820 / Marjorie Trusted -- Changing faces: the re-emergence of a sacred landscape in colonial Mexico and Peru / Adrian Locke -- Painting in colonial Latin America / Clara Bargellini -- Stars in the sea of the church: the Indian in eighteenth-century new Spanish painting / Ilona Katzew -- Observations on the origin, development, and manufacture of Latin American furniture / Jorge F. Rivas P.

By the end of the 16th century, Europe, Africa, and Asia were connected to North and South America via a vast network of complex trade routes. This led, in turn, to dynamic cultural exchanges between these continents and a proliferation of diverse art forms in Latin America. This monumental book transcends geographic boundaries and explores the history of the confluence of styles, materials, and techniques among Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas through the end of the colonial era--a period marked by the independence movements, the formation of national states, and the rise of academic art. Written by distinguished international scholars, essays cover a full range of topics, including city planning, iconography in painting and sculpture, East-West connections, the power of images, and the role of the artist. Beautifully illustrated with some three hundred works--many published for the first time--this book presents a spectacular selection of decorative arts, textiles, silver, sculpture, painting, and furniture. Scholarly entries on each of the works highlight the various cultural influences and differences throughout this vast region. This groundbreaking book also includes an illustrated chronology, informative maps, and an exhaustive bibliography and is sure to set a new standard in the field of Latin American studies.