El arte maestra
Subtitle: un tratado de pintura novohispano
By: Myrna Soto ; prólogo de Guillermo Tovar de Teresa.
Series: Serie Estudios de cultura literaria novohispana -- 23
Publisher: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Published: 2005
Place of publication: México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9789703229628
Subjects: Ibarra, José de, -- 1685-1756.; Painting -- Mexico -- History and criticism.
Other titles: Arte maestra. 2005.
Description: The book re-discovers the first theoretical-practical treatise on painting known to date from the viceregal period while offering a world-wide panorama of the situation of the painters and their profession in the 18th century New Spain. The author analyzes in depth the didactic colonial document clarifying the controversy about its authorship responsibility, studying the antecedents of that type of documents in Europe, and stating its importance in the cultural development of the colony. An essential reference for the study of art during 18th century New Spain.