{"product_id":"collective-creativity-and-artistic-agency-in-colonial-latin-america-9781683403661","title":"Collective Creativity and Artistic Agency in Colonial Latin America","description":"\u003cb\u003eRethinking the role of the artist and recovering\u003cbr\u003ethe work of unacknowledged creators in colonial society\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis\u003cbr\u003evolume addresses and expands the role of the artist in colonial Latin American\u003cbr\u003esociety, featuring essays by specialists in the field that consider the ways\u003cbr\u003esociety conceived of artists and the ways artists defined themselves. Broadening\u003cbr\u003ethe range of ways that creativity can be understood, contributors show that\u003cbr\u003eartists functioned as political figures, activists, agents in commerce, \u003cbr\u003edefiners of a canon, and revolutionaries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChapters\u003cbr\u003eprovide studies of artists in Peru, Mexico, and Cuba between the\u003cbr\u003esixteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Instead of adopting the paradigm of individuals\u003cbr\u003eworking alone to chart new artistic paths, contributors focus on human\u003cbr\u003erelationships, collaborations, and exchanges. The volume offers new\u003cbr\u003eperspectives on colonial artworks, some well known and others previously\u003cbr\u003eoverlooked, including discussions of manuscript painting, featherwork, oil\u003cbr\u003epainting, sculpture, and mural painting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost\u003cbr\u003enotably, the volume examines attitudes and policies related to race and\u003cbr\u003eethnicity, exploring various ethnoracial dynamics of artists within their\u003cbr\u003esocial contexts. Through\u003cbr\u003ea decolonial lens not often used in the art history of the era and region, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollective Creativity and Artistic Agency in Colonial\u003cbr\u003eLatin America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eexamines artists' engagement in society and their impact within it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Derek S. Burdette Ananda\u003cbr\u003eCohen-Aponte Emily C. Floyd Aaron M. Hyman Barbara E. Mundy Linda Marie\u003cbr\u003eRodriguez Jennifer R. Saracino Maya Stanfield-Mazzi Margarita Vargas-Betancourt\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication of this work made possible\u003cbr\u003eby a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the\u003cbr\u003eNational Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStanfield-Mazzi, Maya:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMaya Stanfield-Mazzi\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of art history at the University of\u003cbr\u003eFlorida, is the author of \u003ci\u003eClothing the\u003cbr\u003eNew World Church: Liturgical Textiles of Spanish America, 1520\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e‒1820\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVargas-Betancourt, Margarita:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMargarita Vargas-Betancourt\u003c\/b\u003e is\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ethe Latin American and Caribbean\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Collections Librarian at the University of Florida.","brand":"University of Florida Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589816025362,"sku":"9781683403661","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_98e6f4e4-9186-4c2c-8bc8-8a255b4954df.jpg?v=1756808119","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collective-creativity-and-artistic-agency-in-colonial-latin-america-9781683403661","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}