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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; 319 p.: ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); decorated end-papers; 32 cm. Notes; Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 6, 2011-January 29, 2012 and at the Museo Nacional de Historia, Mexico City, July 6-October 7, 2012. Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-309) and index. Contents; Before the conquest: contested visions in Aztec and Inca art / Cecelia F. Klein -- Competing memories of the conquest of Mexico / Kevin Terraciano -- History under the rainbow: the conquest of Mexico in the Florentine codex / Diana Magaloni Kerpel -- Emblazoning identity: indigenous heraldry in colonial Mexico and Peru / Mónica Domínguez Torres -- Our fathers, our mothers: painting an Indian genealogy in New Spain / Eduardo de Jesús Douglas -- War games: indigenous militaristic theater in colonial Peru / Carolyn Dean -- "Remedo de la ya muerta América": the construction of festive rites in colonial Mexico / Ilona Katzew -- Hell in the Andes: the last judgment in the art of viceregal Peru / Ramón Mujica Pinilla -- The indulgent image: prints in the New World / Thomas B.F. Cummins -- The image of the devout Indian: the codification of a colonial idea / Luisa Elena Alcalá -- From apprentices to "famous brushes": native artists in colonial Peru / Luis Eduardo Wuffarden. Summary; Contested Visions offers a comparative view of the two principal viceroyalties of Spanish America: Mexico and Peru. Spanning developments from the 15th to the 19th century, this ambitious book looks at the many ways and contexts in which indigenous peoples were represented in art of the early modern period-by colonial artists, European artists, and themselves. More than two hundred works of art, 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 rich variety of these artistic approaches. A collection of essays by an international team of distinguished scholars in the field uncovers the different meanings and purposes behind 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 America. They address a range of important 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 by which to understand the intersection of vision and power in the Spanish colonial world. Subjects; Art, Spanish colonial - Latin America - Themes, motives - Exhibitions. Indian art - Latin America - Themes, motives - Exhibitions. Art and society - Latin America - Exhibitions. Art styles not limited by date. Mexico; Peru. ART / Caribbean & Latin American. ART / European. ART / History / General. ART / Criticism & Theory. ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General. HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico. HISTORY / Latin America / South America. HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal. 1.9 Kg. Seller Inventory # 237390
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