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The colonial Andes : tapestries and silverwork, 1530-1830 / Elena Phipps, Johanna Hecht, and Cristina Esteras Martín ; with contributions by Luisa Elena Alcalá, Thomas B. F. Cummins, Joyce Denney, Sophie Desrosiers, Teresa Gisbert, Isabel Iriarte, Heidi King, Sabine MacCormack, Natalia Majluf, Jose de Mesa, Kenneth Mills, Juan M. Ossio, Frank Salomon, Luis Eduardo Wuffarden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phipps, Elena
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indian silverwork--Peru (Viceroyalty)--History--Exhibitions.
- Indian silverwork.
- Indian textile fabrics--Peru (Viceroyalty)--History--Exhibitions.
- Indian textile fabrics.
- Silverwork--Spain--History--Exhibitions.
- Silverwork.
- Tapestry--Spain--History--Exhibitions.
- Tapestry.
- Colonies.
- History.
- Peru (Viceroyalty)--History--Exhibitions.
- Peru (Viceroyalty).
- Peru (Viceroyalty)--Antiquities--Exhibitions.
- Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548--Exhibitions.
- Peru.
- Spain--Colonies--America--History--Exhibitions.
- Spain.
- America.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2004]
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Cristina Esteras Martin is Professor Titular, Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
- Johanna Hecht is Associate Curator in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- Elena Phipps is Conservator in the Department of Textile Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- Summary:
- "This unique volume illustrates and discusses in detail more than 160 extraordinary fine and decorative art works of the colonial Andes, including examples of the intricate Inca weavings and metalwork that preceded the colonial era as well as a few of the remarkably inventive forms this art took after independence from Spain. An international array of scholars and experts examines the cultural context, aesthetic preoccupations, and diverse themes of art from the viceregal period, particularly the florid patternings and the fanciful beasts and hybrid creatures that have come to characterize colonial Andean art."--BOOK JACKET.
- When the Spanish landed on the coast of what is today Peru in 1532, they encountered the socially complex, artistically vibrant Inca Empire, whose vast, geographically diverse domain encompassed almost the entire length of the rugged Andes. Inca weavers and metalsmiths, building on thousands of years of local artisinal mastery, had created a spectacular body of imperial art whose bold, mostly geometric designs were powerful expressions of Inca identity and sovereignty. Within one generation that culture had been forever transformed by the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Peru. The remarkable exchange of cultures that ensued brought Europe and the New World together through a vibrant trade in goods, services, and ideas, creating a unique society that was richer and far more intriguing than the mere sum of its influences. This book illustrates and discusses in detail more than one hundred and sixty extraordinary fine and decorative art works of the colonial Andes, including examples of the intricate Inca weavings and metalwork that preceded the colonial era as well as a few of the remarkably inventive forms this art took after independence from Spain. An international array of scholars and experts examines the cultural context, aesthetic preoccupations, and diverse themes of art from the viceregal period, particularly the florid patterns and the fanciful beasts and hybrid creatures that have come to characterize colonial Andean art. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
- Contents:
- Director's foreword / Philippe De Montebello
- Silver threads and golden needles : the Inca, the Spanish, and the sacred world of humanity / Thomas B. F. Cummins
- Garments and identity in the colonial Andes / Elena Phipps
- The past is present : transformation and persistence of imported ornament in Viceregal Peru / Johanna Hecht
- Acculturation and innovation in Peruvian viceregal silverwork / Cristina Esteras Martin
- Cumbi to Tapestry : collection, innovation, and transformation of the colonial Andean tapestry tradition / Elena Phipps
- Religion and society in Inca and Spanish Peru / Sabine MacCormack
- Andean opulence : indigenous ideas about wealth in colonial Peru / Frank Salomon
- Catalogue.
- Notes:
- "Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Colonial Andes: Tapestries and Silverwork, 1530-1830,' held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 29-December 12, 2004"--T.p. verso.
- Some contributions translated from Spanish.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Exhibition title: The colonial Andes: tapestries and silverwork, 1530-1830.
- Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award, College Art Association, 2006.
- ISBN:
- 1588391310
- 1588391329
- 030010491X
- OCLC:
- 55960810
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