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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Painting a New World: Mexican Art and Life, 1521-1821 List Price: $50.00 Amazon.com's Price: $37.50 You Save: $12.50 (25%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 759.972090307478883 EAN: 9780914738497 ISBN: 0914738496 Label: Denver Art Museum Manufacturer: Denver Art Museum Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 327 Publication Date: May 01, 2004 Publisher: Denver Art Museum Studio: Denver Art Museum Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: In the spring of 2004, the Denver Art Museum opened the largest exhibition of Mexican colonial painting ever assembled outside of Mexico. It included sixty masterpieces from public and private collections in Europe, Mexico, and the United States. This catalogue of the exhibit provides a much-needed basic yet comprehensive text on the subject. The paintings featured in this fully illustrated volume reflect Aztec traditions, imported Asian arts, and artistic styles from various regions of Spain and its territories. They depict the rich diversity of people and cultures in Mexico during this period and have been selected to demonstrate the complexity of Mexican colonial art and society. The writers and scholars contributing to this work are the leading experts in the field today, and they bring fresh insights and concepts to these fascinating and beautiful works of art. Many of the stylistic traditions found in Mexican colonial painting have their roots in the artistic currents of the early modern era, such as the latent maniera of Michelangelo and his followers, the tenebrism of Caravaggio, the classicism of the Carracci school, and the full-blown baroque of Rubens. Many of these imported artistic traditions were creatively assimilated and altered to include distinctive American and Asian characteristics and iconography that resulted in an art of the New World. The contributors discuss these artistic innovations and also draw analogies to the contemporary colonial experience in the United States. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Worth every pennyThis is a beautiful book. The prints are very nice and the text content is well written. If you are interested in Mexican art from these times, it is well worth the price. Rating: - About This BookAs might be expected from an art book of a major exhibition put out by University of Texas Press, the presentation here is masterful. Large format, over 5 pounds, heavy paper, sea green cloth boards with gold print, extra paper added to dustjacket to resist rubbing, 327 pp, and a large number of impressive and beautiful illustrations, many appearing for the 1st time in print, reproduced with subtle color variations. Nonetheless, this is an art book that is not afraid of text. Table of ... Read More 
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