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asia & spanish america trans pacific artistic & cultural exchange 1500 1850
the denver art museum held a symposium in 2006 to examine a little known aspect of globalization in the early modern era . specialists in the arts and history of asia and latin america came from europe asia and the americas to present recent research on connections between the two areas . edited by denver art museum curators donna pierce and ronald otsuka this volume presents revised and expanded versions of the papers presented at the symposium . p gustavo curiel opens the volume with a discussion of the reception and re interpretation of asian motifs in the various art forms of viceregal new spain mex ico . essays by etsuko rodriguez and george kuwayama present detailed analyses of chinese porcelains excavated in mexico and peru that were imported via the manila galleon trade . roxanna brown uses new evidence from shipwrecks in southeast asia to document the china manila branch of the trade network . jorge rivas looks at colonial furniture made in northern south america using asian inspired techniques and motifs . sofia sanabrais describes the adaptation of the asian folding screen by mexican artists . meiko nagashima addresses the exportation of japanese lacquer traditions to spanish america and spain . sonia ocana analyzes japanese inspired elements in shell inlaid frames made in mexico . marjorie trusted investigates the relationship to asian models of baroque ivory sculptures produced in the americas ; abby sue fisher investigates the impact of asian trade textiles on clothing in viceregal mexico ; and clara bargellini documents asian trade goods at the missions of northern mexico . p an interdisciplinary study bringing together scholars from two fields of art and addressing a variety of artistic media this beautifully illustrated volume will be an important resource for scholars and enthusiasts of asian and latin american art and history .
paperback denver art museum 2009 isbn13 9780806199733 isbn10 0806199733
abridged n isbn 13 9780806199733 number in series 1 number of pages 200 publisher univ of oklahoma pr release date 62135769600000