An edition of Painted in Mexico, 1700-1790 (2017)
Painted in Mexico, 1700-1790
Pinxit Mexici / edited by Ilona Katzew ; with essays and entries by exhibition co-curators Ilona Katzew, Jaime Cuadriello, Paula Mues Orts, and Luisa Elena Alcalá ; additional entries by Ronda Kasl
By Ilona Katzew
Publish Date
2017
Publisher
Prestel,Fomento Cultural Banamex, A.C.,DelMonico Books/Prestel
Language
eng
Pages
511
Description:
This stunning volume represents the first serious effort to reposition the history of 18th-century Mexican painting, a highly vibrant period marked by major stylistic changes and the invention of new iconographies. Exquisitely illustrated with newly commissioned photography of never-before-published artworks, the book provides a broad view of the connections of Mexican painting with transatlantic artistic trends and emphasizes its own internal developments and remarkable pictorial output. During this time painters were increasingly asked to create mural-size paintings to cover the walls of sacristies, choirs, staircases, cloisters, and university halls among others. Significantly, the same artists also produced portraits, casta paintings (depictions of racial mixing), folding screens, and finely rendered devotional images, attesting to their extraordinary versatility. Authored by leading experts in the field, the book's essays address the tradition and innovation of Mexican painting, the mobility of pictures within and outside the viceroyalty, the political role of images, and the emphasis on ornamentation.00Exhibition: Fomento Cultural Banamex, A.C., Mexico City, Mexico (15.06.-15.10.2017) / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA (19.11.2017-18.03.2018) / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (23.04.-22.07.2018).