Main entry:

Bayón, Damián.

Title & Author:

History of South American colonial art and architecture : Spanish South America and Brazil / Damián Bayón and Murillo Marx ; with contributions by Myriam Ribeiro de Oliveira, Aurea Ranch Pereira da Silva, Hugo Segawa.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 1992.

Description:

442 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-424) and indexes.
Preface / Damian Bayon -- First Part / Damian Bayon. South American Architecture in the XVI and XVII Centuries. Panama. Colombia. Venezuela. Ecuador. Peru. Bolivia. South American Sculpture in the XVI and XVII Centuries. Mudejar Panelwork. Renaissance Panelwork. Altarpieces. Choir Seating. Pulpits. Statues. South American Painting During the XVI and XVII Centuries. Italian Painters and their Followers. Painters who Worked in Peru and Bolivia. Painting in Colombia. Painting in Ecuador -- Second Part / Damian Bayon. South American Architecture in the XVIII and Early XIX Centuries. Panama. Colombia. Venezuela. Ecuador. Peru -- Lima and La Costa. Peru -- The Mountains and the High Plateau. Bolivia. The Region of the "Southern Tip" Chile. Argentina. Paraguay and the Jesuit Missions. Uruguay. South American Sculpture in the XVIII and Early XIX Centuries. Colombia. Ecuador. Religious Statuary in Ecuador. Altarpieces of Peru. Pulpits of Peru. Religious Statuary of Peru. Sculpture in Bolivia. Sculpture of the Southern Tip -- Chile. Argentina and Paraguay. Religious Sculpture in Argentina. South American Painting in the XVIII and Early XIX Centuries. Colombia. Ecuador. Peru -- Religious Painting. School of Cuzco. Bolivia and Peruvian Neoclassicism. Chile. Argentina -- Index of Main Monuments / Damian Bayon -- Third Part / Murillo Marx, Myriam Ribeiro de Oliverira, Aurea Pereira da Silva and Hugo Segawa. The Architecture of Brazil in the XVI and XVII Centuries / Murillo Marx. The South Coast and Sao Paulo. The Region of Rio de Janeiro. Salvador and the Reconcavo. The Northeast Coast. The Northwest Coast. Brazilian Architecture in the XVIII and Early XIX Centuries / Murillo Marx. Fortresses. The Development of Belem. In the State of Maranhao. In Pernambuco. Salvador in the XVIII Century. The Coast and Rio de Janeiro. The South Coast. Minas Gerais. Brazilian Colonial Sculpture / Myriam Ribeiro de Oliveira. Sculpture in the XVII Century. Sculpture in the XVIII and Early XIX Centuries. The Northeast Region -- Bahia and Pernambuco. Minas Gerais. Rococo and O Aleijadinho. Rio de Janeiro. Peripheral Regions: Sao Paulo, Center-West and Extreme North. Brazilian Colonial Painting / Myriam Ribeiro de Oliveira and Aurea Pereira da Silva. Painting as Architectural Decoration During the XVII and XVIII Centuries. 1. Ornamental Painting on Panels. 2. Perspective Painting -- Baroque Cycle. 3. Perspective Painting -- Rococo Cycle. Nonreligious Colonial art -- Index of Main Monuments -- Brazil / Hugo Segawa.

Summary:

This comprehensive history follows the architecture, sculpture, and painting of Colonial South America from the fifteenth to the beginning of the nineteenth century, Magnificent cathedrals replete with elaborately carved and gilded altarpieces, paneling, and furnishings are illustrated along with the austere fortresses and governmental palaces of the Spanish and Portuguese. South America has been the scene of complex cultural processes in which a variety of European.
Elements and influences have mingled with native perceptions of beauty, inherent artistic ability and spiritual beliefs, resulting in works that are markedly distinct from those of other colonial areas. The authors have photographed seldom seen paintings and sculptures from remote churches that testify in their brilliance and pathos to the fervor of the artists, often newly converted to the Catholic faith. The chronological text is in two sections, reflecting the often.
Conflicting histories of the Portuguese and Hispanic colonies. Chapters cover architecture, sculpture according to type, from altarpieces to freestanding figures, and regional styles of painting. This indispensable reference book includes over 800 photographs complemented by maps, architectural plans and sections, a glossary and index of the principal monuments with lists of works to be found in each of them. Damian Bayon has written and edited numerous books on Colonial.
And contemporary Latin American art and has lectured throughout South and Central America and at Stanford University and the Sorbonne Nouvelle. Murillo Marx has been President of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Sao Paulo since 1972 and has directed many architectural restoration projects for the Brazilian government.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0847815552
9780847815555

Subject:

Art, Colonial South America.
Art South America.
Architecture, Colonial South America.
Architecture South America.
Art, Colonial Brazil.
Art Brazil.
Architecture, Colonial Brazil.
Architecture Brazil.
Painting, Colonial South America.
Sculpture, Colonial South America.
Historic buildings South America.
Art, Spanish colonial South America.
Art colonial Amérique du Sud.
Art Amérique du Sud.
Architecture coloniale Amérique du Sud.
Architecture Amérique du Sud.
Art colonial Brésil.
Art Brésil.
Architecture coloniale Brésil.
Architecture Brésil.
Peinture coloniale Amérique du Sud.
Sculpture coloniale Amérique du Sud.
Monuments historiques Amérique du Sud.
Art colonial espagnol Amérique du Sud.
Sculpture, Colonial
Painting, Colonial
Historic buildings
Art, Spanish colonial
Architecture
Architecture, Colonial
Art
Art, Colonial
Brazil
South America

Added entries:

Marx, Murillo, 1945-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 93137
Call No.: ID:93-B814
Status: Available