Pictured Politics: Visualizing Colonial History in South American Portrait Collections
Language: English
Published by University of Texas Press, Austin Texas, 2020
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viii, 173 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates, illustrations (some color), maps. "Examines official portrait collections in three prominent museums in three South American capitals--Lima, Buenos Aires, and Bogota--to consider how works of art were active components in the construction of Ibero-American colonial histories and political relationships over nearly four hundred years until the wars of independence commenced in the region. Engel not only considers the images themselves for whom/what they depict but also contextualizes them by uncovering the histories of how these portraits were made (and by whom), as well as how they were displayed in certain spaces for specific reasons over time"-- Provided by publisher. Fine copy in near-fine dust jacket.
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- Title
- Pictured Politics: Visualizing Colonial History in South American Portrait Collections
- Author
- Engel, Emily
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press, Austin Texas
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1477320598
- ISBN 13
- 9781477320594
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 748 grams
- Dimensions
- 20.32 centimeters width by 25.4 centimeters height by 2.03 centimeters depth
The Spanish colonial period in South America saw artists develop the subgenre of official portraiture, or portraits of key individuals in the continent’s viceregal governments. Although these portraits appeared to illustrate a narrative of imperial splendor and absolutist governance, they instead became a visual record of the local history that emerged during the colonial occupation.
Using the official portrait collections accumulated between 1542 and 1830 in Lima, Buenos Aires, and Bogotá as a lens, Pictured Politics explores how official portraiture originated and evolved to become an essential component in the construction of Ibero-American political relationships. Through the surviving portraits and archival evidence—including political treatises, travel accounts, and early periodicals—Emily Engel demonstrates that these official portraits not only belie a singular interpretation as tools of imperial domination but also visualize the continent's multilayered history of colonial occupation. The first stand alone analysis of South American portraiture, Pictured Politics brings to light the historical relevance of political portraits in crafting the history of South American colonialism.
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