Clasificación:
709.8 B154
Título:
Art of colonial Latin America. --
Imp / Ed.:
Londres, Inglaterra : Phaidon, c2005.
Descripción:
447 p. : il. ; 22 cm.
Serie:
Art & Ideas Series Plan
Contenido:
1. First encounters. -- 2. Eyeing the other. -- 3. The image of empire. -- 4. Making art. -- 5. Idols and altars. -- 6. A divine splendour. -- 7. Town and country. -- 8.
The renaissance abroad. --
Resumen:
Tomado de Amazon: "A lively account of the interaction between European and indigenous artist that took place during more than 300 years of Spanish and Portuguese colonial
influence in Latin America (c. 1492-1820). The book offers a fascinating insight into viceregal, missionary and civic architecture, as well as painting, sculpture and such 'minor arts' as
furniture, textiles and ceramics. This is a long-awaited book on an increasingly popular subject and includes many previously unillustrated works. For over three hundred years, from the era
of Christopher Columbus to the struggles for independence around 1820, Latin America witnessed an artistic flowering of enormous creativity and originality. In a unique way, the art and
architecture of Aztec, Inca and Guarani civilizations blended with those of Europe, North Africa and the Far East. In particular, the Spanish and Portuguese empires in Central and South
America created the climate for a flourishing, diverse and distinct version of Renaissance and Baroque culture, produced under utterly different social and geographic conditions from those
found in Europe. The products of this unique culture include some of the most lavish and visually arresting works of art and architecture in the world. In this lively overview of the
tremendously rich and varied artistic output of the area from southern Chile to northern California, Gauvin Alexander Bailey discusses viceregal and missionary as well as civic and rural
architecture, alongside religious and secular painting, sculpture, metalwork, textiles and ceramics. But he also looks back to pre-colonial influences and concludes with an examination of how
twentieth-century artists such as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo interpreted their artistic heritage. Even today, the art of the colonial period remains at the centre of Latin American society,
culture and identity. The result is a book that provides a new and comprehensive understanding of all the influences that led to one of the most cosmopolitan artistic outpourings in the whole
history of art." --
ISBN:
9780714841571
Temas:
Notas:
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 435-437) e índice.