The Arts in Latin America 1492-1820

Language: English

Published by Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2006

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Color illus. wraps; 568 pp.; Profusely illustrated; weighs 6.5 lbs. Accompanied a series of 2006-2007 exhibitions highlighting more than three centuries' worth of artwork from various areas of Latin America, including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and more. With 7 thematic essays as an introduction. The illustrated and annotated catalogue is divided by genre: Decorative Arts, Textiles, Hispanic Silver, Brazilian Silver, Sculpture, Painting, and Furniture. Includes a chronology, artist bios, and many beautiful illustrations. Contents as follows: 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. 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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Title
The Arts in Latin America 1492-1820
Author
Rishel, Joseph J. and Suzanne L. Stratton-Pruitt
Publisher
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Publication year
2006
Condition
VG in shrinkwrap
Binding
Softcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0876332505
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9780876332504
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