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Book Synopsis
Moving beyond the dominant model of syncretism, this extensively illustrated volume proposes a completely different approach to the field known as Latin American “colonial art,” positioning it as a constitutive part of Renaissance and early modern art his

Table of Contents
  • Note on Translations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue: From One Triptych to Another
  • Introduction: At the Frontiers of Art Histories
  • Part One: A Triptych from New Spain
  • Chapter 1. Treasures
  • Chapter 2. Figures
  • Chapter 3. Malicias
  • Part Two: Images between Words
  • Chapter 4. Mosaics
  • Chapter 5. Landscape
  • Chapter 6. Scratching
  • Part Three: The Creation of Unexpected Languages
  • Chapter 7. Relics of Ixiptla
  • Chapter 8. Circular Realism
  • Chapter 9. Figurative Condensation
  • Conclusion: Untranslatable Images?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Photographic Credits
  • Index

The Untranslatable Image

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 10/01/2023
      ISBN13: 9780292754140, 978-0292754140
      ISBN10: 0292754140
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Moving beyond the dominant model of syncretism, this extensively illustrated volume proposes a completely different approach to the field known as Latin American “colonial art,” positioning it as a constitutive part of Renaissance and early modern art his

      Table of Contents
      • Note on Translations
      • Acknowledgments
      • Prologue: From One Triptych to Another
      • Introduction: At the Frontiers of Art Histories
      • Part One: A Triptych from New Spain
      • Chapter 1. Treasures
      • Chapter 2. Figures
      • Chapter 3. Malicias
      • Part Two: Images between Words
      • Chapter 4. Mosaics
      • Chapter 5. Landscape
      • Chapter 6. Scratching
      • Part Three: The Creation of Unexpected Languages
      • Chapter 7. Relics of Ixiptla
      • Chapter 8. Circular Realism
      • Chapter 9. Figurative Condensation
      • Conclusion: Untranslatable Images?
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Photographic Credits
      • Index

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