Converging cultures
Subtitle: art & identity in Spanish America
By: edited by Diana Fane ; with essays by Diana Fane ... [et al.].
Contributors: Fane, Diana.; Brooklyn Museum.; Phoenix Art Museum.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Art, Mexican -- Exhibitions.; Art, Colonial -- Mexico -- Exhibitions.; Indian art -- Mexico -- Exhibitions.; Art, Peruvian -- Exhibitions.; Art, Colonial -- Peru -- Exhibitions.; Indian art -- Peru -- Exhibitions.
Description: "Nicely illustrated companion catalog to the exhibition of the same title held at the Brooklyn Museum, N.Y. (March 1-July 14, 1996), Phoenix Art Museum (Dec. 14, 1996-Feb. 23, 1977), and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (March 30-June 8, 1997) explores the evolution of Spanish American viceroyalties of New Spain (Mexico) and Peru through 250 works including paintings, sculptures, costumes, textiles, furniture, domestic and religious objects, as well as illustrated manuscripts. Scholarly essays by various authors examine issues of identity as expressed and reflected in a wide range of objects and images representative of indigenous contributions and European imported culture. Individual entries for the works of art provide basic data on provenance, date, medium, and dimensions"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Brooklyn Museum, March 1-July 14, 1996; Phoenix Art Museum, December 14, 1996-February 23, 1997; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 30-June 8, 1997.