The Academy of San Carolos and Mexican art history : politics, history, and art in nineteenth-century Mexico

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The Academy of San Carolos and Mexican art history : politics, history, and art in nineteenth-century Mexico

by Ray Hernández-Durán

(Studies in art historiography / series editor, Richard Woodfield, 12)

Routledge, 2017

  • : hbk

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Academy of San Carlos and Mexican art history

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Reworked version of the author's dissertation (Ph.D.--University of Chicago, 2005) under the title: Reframing viceregal painting in nineteenth-century Mexico

"An Ashgate book"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-168) and index

Contents of Works

  • A historiography of colonial art in Mexico: Problems, context, and developments
  • Locating a colonial past in the nation's memory: The politics of making history
  • The Academy of San Carlos and the Old Mexican School: Collecting and displaying colonial painting
  • Writing a history of art in Mexico: From spectacular verses to rational texts
  • Concluding remarks: Contested ground

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