Mexico, splendors of thirty centuries

Author

Paz, Octavio (Author of introductory parts)

Document type

Catalogue d'exposition

Language

English

Source

Mexico, splendors of thirty centuries. 1990, 712 p., ill. (some col.); plans; bibliogr.; index

ISBN

0870995952

Publisher

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Catalogue of the exhibition of Mexican art and architecture, pre-Columbian to the 20th c. Includes essays on Spanish missionary activity and religious art and architecture and painted manuscripts, 1523-1600; Renaissance architecture, sculpture, and painting; Counter-Reformation painting; the emergence of a national style, 1650-1715; 18th c. architecture, painting, and decorative arts; 19th c. painting and printmaking (Posada and contemporaries); and 20th c. painting.

Exhibition

• 10 Oct 1990-13 Jan 1991 ; Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New York (NY, USA) ; United States
• 6 Apr-4 Aug 1991 ; San Antonio Museum of Art ; San Antonio (TX, USA) ; United States
• 6 Oct-29 Dec 1991 ; Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Los Angeles (CA, USA) ; United States

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- Mexico
• Art
• Mexico
• 1500-2000
• Architecture
• Manuscript illumination
• Renaissance
• Sculpture
• Painting
• Counter-Reformation
• Colonial
• Spain
• Decorative arts
• Prints
• Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913
• Exhibitions
• Religious art
• Religious architecture
• Missionaries

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- Mexique
• Art
• Mexique
• 1500-2000
• Architecture
• Enluminure
• Renaissance
• Sculpture
• Peinture
• Contre-Réforme
• Colonial (art)
• Espagne
• Arts décoratifs
• Estampe
• Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913
• Exposition
• Art religieux
• Architecture religieuse
• Missionnaires

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00420070

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