Art and architecture of viceregal Latin America, 1521-1821 / Kelly Donahue-Wallace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donahue-Wallace, Kelly, 1968-

Series:

Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)

Diálogos

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Colonial--Latin America.

Art, Colonial.

Art, Latin American.

Latin America.

Arte colonial--América latina.

Local Subjects:

Arte colonial--América latina.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 276 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008.

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.

Contents:

Introduction

Architecture and sculpture at the missions

Painting in sixteenth-century New Spain and Peru

Colonial cities

Religious architecture and altarscreens circa 1600-1700

Religious art 1600-1785

Architecture and altarscreens circa 1700-1800

Secular painting circa 1600-1800

Art and architecture at the end of the colonial era.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-271) and index.

ISBN:

9780826334596

0826334598

OCLC:

173640980