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Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World

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Contested Visions offers a comparative view of the two principal viceroyalties of Spanish The united states: Mexico and Peru. Spanning developments from the 15th to the 19th century, this ambitious book looks on the many ways and contexts through which indigenous peoples were represented in art of the early brand new period—by colonial artists, European artists, and themselves. More than two hundred artistic endeavors, including paintings, sculptures, illustrated books, maps, codices, manuscripts, and other materials such as textiles, keros, and feather works, are reproduced in full-color illustrations, demonstrating the wealthy variety of these artistic approaches. 

A selection of essays by an international team of distinguished scholars in the field uncovers the different meanings and purposes at the back of these depictions of native populations of the Americas. These experts explore the role of the visual arts in negotiating a sense of place in late pre-Columbian and colonial Latin The united states. They address a range of necessary topics, such as the construct of the Indian as a good Christian; how Amerindians drew on their pre-Columbian past to stake out a place within the Spanish body politic; their participation in festive rites; and their role as artists. Lavishly illustrated, this ambitious book provides a compelling and original framework during which to remember the intersection of vision and power in the Spanish colonial world.

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