Painting a new world : Mexican art and life, 1521-1821 / Donna Pierce, Rogelio Ruiz Gomar, Clara Bargellini ; with an introduction by Jonathan Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pierce, Donna, 1950-

Contributor:

Ruiz Gomar, Rogelio.

Bargellini, Clara.

Frederick and Jan Mayer Center for Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial Art.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, Mexican--Exhibitions.

Painting, Mexican.

Painting, Colonial--Mexico--Exhibitions.

Painting, Colonial.

Mexico.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

327 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Denver : Frederick and Jan Mayer Center for Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial Art, Denver Art Museum, 2004.

Summary:

Many of the stylistic traditions found in Mexican colonial painting have their roots in the artistic currents of the early modern era, such as the latent maniera of Michelangelo and his followers, the tenebrism of Caravaggio, the classicism of the Carracci school, and the full-blown baroque of Rubens. Many of these imported artistic traditions were creatively assimilated and altered to include distinctive American and Asian characteristics and iconography that resulted in an art of the New World. The contributors discuss these artistic innovations and also draw analogies to the contemporary colonial experience in the United States.

Contents:

Introduction: Spanish painting and New Spanish painting, 1550-1700 / Jonathan Brown

At the crossroads: cultural confluence and daily life in Mexico, 1521-1821 / Donna Pierce

Unique expressions: painting in New Spain / Rogelio Ruiz Gomar

Originality and invention in the painting of New Spain / Clara Bargellini.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-319) and index.

ISBN:

0914738496

9780914738497

OCLC:

53458820

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