Andalusian Ceramics in Spain and New Spain

Andalusian Ceramics in Spain and New Spain
Author: Florence Cline Lister
Publisher:
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1987
Genre: Art
ISBN:

"The specific treatment of ceramics is in itself peripheral to the primary importance of this book--that of integrating several distinct disciplinary data sources through the perspective of an important craft tradition, to arrive at a richer understanding of several poorly known aspects of everyday life in the past. The scholarly content of this book is happily complemented by its readability, its copious illustrations, its extensive bibliography, and the careful craftsmanship of its publisher."--Hispanic American Historical Review "Unbelievably thorough study of the development of the Andalusian ceramic tradition from its earliest precursors to its flourishing in the New World."--Hispanic Journal

Revisiting Al-Andalus

Revisiting Al-Andalus
Author: Glaire D. Anderson
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2007
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004162275

Revisiting al-Andalus brings together a range of new approaches to the material culture of Islamic Iberia, highlighting especially new directions in Anglo-American scholarship in this field since the influential exhibition in 1992, Al-Andalus: the Art of Islamic Spain.

Ceramics and the Spanish Conquest

Ceramics and the Spanish Conquest
Author: Gilda Hernández Sánchez
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2011-11-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004204407

Focusing on the native ceramic technology of central Mexico during the early colonial period and the present-day, this book offers a refreshing view into the process of cultural continuity and change in the indigenous Mesoamerican world after the Spanish conquest.

Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1992
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0870996363

From 711 when they arrived on the Iberian Peninsula until 1492 when scholars contribute a wide-ranging series of essays and catalogue entries which are fully companion to the 373 illustrations (324 in color) of the spectacular art and architecture of the nearly vanished culture. 91/2x121/2 they were expelled by Ferdinand and Isabella, the Muslims were a powerful force in al-Andalus, as they called the Iberian lands they controlled. This awe-inspiring volume, which accompanies a major exhibition presented at the Alhambra in Granada and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is devoted to the little-known artistic legacy of Islamic Spain, revealing the value of these arts as part of an autonomous culture and also as a presence with deep significance for both Europe and the Islamic world. Twenty-four international Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

How to Make a New Spain

How to Make a New Spain
Author: Enrique Rodríguez-Alegría
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2023
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0197682294

"As we enter the material worlds of Spanish colonizers, we should get to know a little bit about the colonizers themselves. In this chapter, I characterize the economic standing of colonizers, focusing on their wealth and the kinds of things on which they spent or invested their money. To address issues of wealth, it will be necessary to study the kinds of coin and other media of exchange that were in use in sixteenth-century Mexico City. The people compiling the probate inventories that form the basis of this study measured and recorded the value of each item in material terms: the amount of gold that would be necessary to purchase a person's belongings. They translated each decedent's net worth into coin in official documents, with the intent of communicating and sending the value of the decedent's belongings to his or her family in Spain. Calculating the value of a decedent's belongings as gold also helped the church and the Spanish crown collect some revenue from a person's estate, through donations to the church and taxes to the king"--

Cerámica Y Cultura

Cerámica Y Cultura
Author: Robin Farwell Gavin
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2003
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780826331021

By examining both historic and contemporary examples, the editors move discussion of the enameled earthenware known as mayolica beyond its stylistic merits in order to understand it in historic and cultural context. It places the ceramics in history and daily life, illustrating their place in trade and economics.

Technology and Tradition in Mesoamerica after the Spanish Invasion

Technology and Tradition in Mesoamerica after the Spanish Invasion
Author: Rani T. Alexander
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2019-03-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0826360165

This impressive collection features the work of archaeologists who systematically explore the material and social consequences of new technological systems introduced after the sixteenth-century Spanish invasion in Mesoamerica. It is the first collection to present case studies that show how both commonplace and capital-intensive technologies were intertwined with indigenous knowledge systems to reshape local, regional, and transoceanic ecologies, commodity chains, and political, social, and religious institutions across Mexico and Central America.

The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture

The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture
Author: Colum Hourihane
Publisher:
Total Pages: 4064
Release: 2012
Genre: Architecture, Medieval
ISBN: 0195395360

This volume offers unparalleled coverage of all aspects of art and architecture from medieval Western Europe, from the 6th century to the early 16th century. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in the celebrated 'Grove Dictionary of Art' and adding hundreds of new entries, it offers students, researchers and the general public a reliable, up-to-date, and convenient resource covering this field of major importance in the development of Western history and international art and architecture.

A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820

A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820
Author: John K. Thornton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 563
Release: 2012-09-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521727340

An overview of the history of the Atlantic Basin before 1830, describing interactions between the inhabitants of Africa, Europe and North and South America.