Introduction; 1. First Encounters: The Pre-Hispanic World and the Colonial Scene; 2. Eyeing the Other: The Indigenous Response 3. The image of empire: The arts of the viceroys; 4. Making Art: Guilds and Academies; 5. Idols and Altars: The Arts of the Missions and Country Churches; 6. A Divine Splendour: The Arts of the Metropolitan Churches; 7. Town and Country: The Arts of the Colonial Aristocracy; 8. The Renaissance Abroad: The Iberian Empires in Asia and Africa; Epilogue; Glossary; Brief Biographies; Key Dates; Map; Further Reading; Index; Acknowledgements
Gauvin Alexander Bailey is Assistant Professor of Renaissance and Baroque Art at the Clark University. His works include, Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610, and Art on the Jesuit Missions in Asia and Latin America, 1542-1773. Dr Bailey has also curated a number of museum exhibitions on Renaissance and Baroque Art in Italy and Latin America.
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