Kelly Donahue-Wallace - Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America, 1521–1821

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ISBN for this digital edition: 978-0-8263-3460-2

2008 by the University of New Mexico Press

All rights reserved. Published 2008

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Donahue-Wallace, Kelly, 1968

Art and architecture of viceregal Latin America : 15211821 / Kelly Donahue-Wallace. 1st ed.

p. cm. (Dilogos)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8263-3459-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Art, ColonialLatin America.

2. Art, Latin American.

I. Title.

N6502.2.D66 2008

709.809031dc22

2007040603

Book design and type composition by Melissa Tandysh Composed in 11.25/13.5 Fournier MT Std Display type is Avenir

All artwork in this book is in the public domain. Copyright statements refer to the providers of the photographs.

FOR RANDY, ANNIE, AND TAD

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M y interest in authoring a book on colonial Latin American art and architecture grew over several years of teaching the material to undergraduates. Even as colleges and universities added Latin Americas viceregal period to their curricula, we nevertheless lacked adequate texts to accompany the course. The purpose of Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America, therefore, is to serve the college classroom, as well as the general reader looking for a broad survey of this fascinating and complicated era.

Like any text of its kind, Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America relies on a vast array of learned authorities from around the globe. My goal in writing has been to bring together their research, frequently presenting a variety of interpretations of the objects and monuments, to offer readers a summary of some, though definitely not all, of the scholarship on the topic. This book is particularly indebted to the foundational giants of colonial art history. These scholars are too many to mention here, but include George Kubler, Francisco de la Maza, Howard Wethey, Pal Keleman, Manuel Toussaint, Martin Soria, and Santiago Sebastin. The text also relies on the inspired writings of more recent scholars whose publications have enriched this still underresearched field of study. Among this group are Elisa Vargaslugo, Jos de Mesa, Teresa Gisbert, Clara Bargellini, Tom Cummins, Carolyn Dean, Susan Verdi Webster, Jaime Cuadriello, Elena Isabel Estrada de Gerlero, Donna Pierce, Marcus Burke, Gustavo Curiel, Luisa Elena Alcal, Michael Schreffler, Ilona Katzew, Barbara Mundy, Dana Leibsohn, Sofia Sanabrais, and Guillermo Tovar de Teresa.

Since Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America began its life in my classroom, its organization and tone reflect my approach to teaching. The book maintains a chronological presentation because there are fundamental differences between the early and later colonial periods, particularly between the contact or evangelical era and those that followed. A less natural aspect of the books organization is its presentation of the works by medium. This separation seems particularly awkward in the discussions of sixteenth-century art, with architecture and its sculpture in one chapter and mural painting in another, even though viewers experienced all three at once. In the writing process, however, it became clear that these issues needed to be considered separately so as not to gloss over aspects of production, function, and reception associated with each medium or to overwhelm the reader with an excessively long chapter.