Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America 1521-1821

by Donahue-Wallace, Kelly

• ISBN13: 9780826334596
• ISBN10: 0826334598
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-30
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

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