num_pages: 367
description: The Mexican colonial period has traditionally been considered a dark period in the arts, a long gap between the arrival of the Spaniards and the early twentieth century. Through new and focused scholarship, the exhibition catalogue The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico demonstrates that just the opposite is true. This landmark publication features extraordinary decorative and fine arts from the Mexican viceregal period (1521-1821). The lavishly illustrated catalogue is written in Spanish and English and, for the first time, presents to American audiences the rich artistic heritage of colonial Mexico. Five insightful essays by Mexican and American specialists explore the confluence of cultures that gives the arts of colonial Mexico a distinctive quality. This distinction, which differentiates the works from the arts of both Spain and other Latin American countries, is not widely understood in either the United States or Mexico. Expert commentaries enable readers to learn in greater depth about the outstanding collection of paintings, sculptures, furniture, ceramics, metals, textiles, featherwork, lacquer, and books housed in the Museo Franz Mayer in Mexico City. The contributors D. Hector Rivero Borrell Miranda, Director of the Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico CityGustavo Curiel, cultural historianAntonio Rubial García, historianJuana Gutiérrez Haces, art historianPeter C. Marzio, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonDavid B. Warren, Director of Bayou Bend Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico/LA Grandeza Del Mexico Virreinal: Treasures from the Museo Franz Mayer/Tesoros Del Museo Franz Mayer
titlecomplete: The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico/LA Grandeza Del Mexico Virreinal: Treasures from the Museo Franz Mayer/Tesoros Del Museo Franz Mayer (English and Spanish Edition)
publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Houston