Casta Painting
Images of Race in Eighteenth-Century Mexico
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2005
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-10971-9 (ISBN)
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-10971-9 (ISBN)
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This beautifully illustrated book, the first in-depth study of the mesmerising and colourful casta paintings from colonial Mexico, places them in social and historical context. Honorable Mention, Association for Latin American Art Book Award, 2004 - 2005
The first in-depth study of a mesmerizing and colorful art from colonial Mexico
The pictorial genre known as casta painting is one of the most compelling forms of artistic expression from colonial Mexico. Created as sets of consecutive images, the works portray racial mixing among the main groups that inhabited the colony: Indians, Spaniards, and Africans. In this beautifully illustrated book, Ilona Katzew places casta paintings in their social and historical context, showing for the first time the ways in which the meanings of the paintings changed along with shifting colonial politics.
The book examines how casta painting developed art historically, why race became the subject of a pictorial genre that spanned an entire century, who commissioned and collected the works, and what meanings the works held for contemporary audiences. Drawing on a range of previously unpublished archival and visual material, Katzew sheds new light on racial dynamics of eighteenth-century Mexico and on the construction of identity and self-image in the colonial world.
The first in-depth study of a mesmerizing and colorful art from colonial Mexico
The pictorial genre known as casta painting is one of the most compelling forms of artistic expression from colonial Mexico. Created as sets of consecutive images, the works portray racial mixing among the main groups that inhabited the colony: Indians, Spaniards, and Africans. In this beautifully illustrated book, Ilona Katzew places casta paintings in their social and historical context, showing for the first time the ways in which the meanings of the paintings changed along with shifting colonial politics.
The book examines how casta painting developed art historically, why race became the subject of a pictorial genre that spanned an entire century, who commissioned and collected the works, and what meanings the works held for contemporary audiences. Drawing on a range of previously unpublished archival and visual material, Katzew sheds new light on racial dynamics of eighteenth-century Mexico and on the construction of identity and self-image in the colonial world.
Ilona Katzew is associate curator of Latin American art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.9.2005 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 100 b-w +100 color illus. |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 279 mm |
| Gewicht | 1225 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-300-10971-7 / 0300109717 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-300-10971-9 / 9780300109719 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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