Ray Hernandez-Duran

The Academy of San Carlos and Mexican Art History

Politics, History, and Art in Nineteenth-Century Mexico

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Produktbeschreibung

The first substantial Mexican colonial art historiography in English, this book examines the origin of the study of colonial art in Mexico as a symptom of the development of modern museum practice in mid-nineteenth-century Mexico City. Also an intellectual history, this study recognizes the role of nationalism in the initiation of art historical

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9780367736712
• ISBN-10: 0367736713
• Artikelnr.: 73390075

Autorenporträt

Ray Hernández-Durán completed his B.A. and B.F.A. at the University of Texas at Austin, his M.A. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. He teaches the history of colonial Ibero-American arts and architecture at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents:
Chapter One
A Historiography of Colonial Art in Mexico: Problems, Context, and
Developments
Chapter Two
Locating a Colonial Past in the Nation's Memory: The Politics of Making
History
Chapter Three
The Academy of San Carlos and the Old Mexican School: Collecting and
Displaying Colonial Painting
Chapter Four
Writing a History of Art in Mexico: From Spectacular Verses to Rational
Texts
Chapter Five
Concluding Remarks: Contested Ground