Introduction: Conformity -- Part 1. The city: Cuzco -- Cuzco's aesthetic of sameness -- Rethinking "Rubens" in the Andes -- Part 2. The cathedral: Mexico City -- Inventors in New Spain -- Metropolitan academicians -- Part 3. The viceroyalty: New Spain and Peru -- The transatlantic thesis disputation -- Rubens works miracles in New Spain.
Summary:
"This book excavates the unequaled reception of Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens in Latin America in the form of prints made after his works, arguing that colonial artists in the New World forged new frameworks for artistic creativity by conforming to European printed designs"-- Provided by publisher.
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