Journeys to new worlds : Spanish and Portuguese colonial art in the Roberta and Richard Huber Collection / edited by Suzanne L. Stratton-Pruitt with Mark A. Castro ; contributions by Luisa Elena Alcalá ... [et al.].

Philadephia : Philadelphia Museum of Art ; New Haven : In association with Yale University Press, c2013.

xvii, 204 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.

Published on the occasion of an exhibtion held Feb. 16-May 19, 2013 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

This beautifully illustrated catalog showcases 120 Spanish and Portuguese artworks from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, all highlights from the dazzling collection of Roberta and Richard Huber. Featured are works in a variety of mediums and from far-flung places, including paintings, silver, and furniture from South America and sculptures in ivory from the Spanish Philippines and from Portuguese territories in India. Distinguished experts shed light on these significant objects, many of which have not been previously published and which illustrate the unparalleled artistic exchanges between and within these colonial empires. The Andean painters Melchor Pérez Holguín and Gaspar Miguel de Berrío inventively interpreted European iconographies, while similar adaptations took place in Asia, where native craftsmen carved Christian images in ivory. These works traveled along the trade routes connecting Europe to Asia and the Americas, thus influencing the development of a new visual culture.

English

January 25, 2013

Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-204).