Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America, 1521-1821 / Edition 1

by Kelly Donahue-Wallace

Overview

Kelly Donahue-Wallace surveys the art and architecture created in the Spanish Viceroyalties of New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and La Plata from the time of the conquest to the independence era. Emphasizing the viceregal capitals and their social, economic, religious, and political contexts, the author offers a chronological review of the major objects and monuments of the colonial era.

In order to present fundamental differences between the early and later colonial periods, works are offered chronologically and separated by medium—painting, urban planning, religious architecture, and secular art—so the aspects of production, purpose, and response associated with each work are given full attention. Primary documents, including wills, diaries, and guild records are placed throughout the text to provide a deeper appreciation of the contexts in which the objects were made.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826334596
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	03/16/2008
Series:	Diálogos Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Kelly Donahue-Wallace is associate professor of art history and the chair of the department of art education and art history at the University of North Texas, Denton. She has published extensively on new Spanish printmaking and art history pedagogy. She is also a contributing author of Transforming Images: New Mexican Santos In-between Worlds.

Table of Contents

List of Figures     x
Preface     xv
Note on Translations and Terms     xviii
Introduction     xix
Architecture and Sculpture at the Missions     1
Painting in Sixteenth-Century New Spain and Peru     34
Colonial Cities     72
Religious Architecture and Altarscreens circa 1600-1700     100
Religious Art 1600-1785     133
Architecture and Altarscreens circa 1700-1800     164
Secular Painting circa 1600-1800     200
Art and Architecture at the End of the Colonial Era     224
Notes     243
Glossary     258
Bibliography     262
Index     272