Leopoldo Castedo: A History of Latin American Art and Architecture. Translated by Phyllis Freeman (London, Pall Mall Press, 1969, £2·50). Pp. 320. Illustrations.

From its creation in 1968 the Gulbenkian Art Library has possessed a number of special collections, and these have been enriched through major bequests or through acquisition. Currently there are about 180 collections with relevance for the study of Portuguese art and culture: they include private libraries, the private archives of Portuguese artists and architects, and photographic archives. Material in the special collections is available through the library’s catalogue and some have already been digitised and are available on the internet, depending on their copyright terms and conditions. Among these special collections two have special relevance to the study of the history of Brazilian art and architecture: the collection of Portuguese tiles and the Robert Smith Collection.

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A History of Latin American Art and Architecture. From Pre-Columbian Times to the PresentNew Directions in Latin American Architecture

Hispanic American Historical Review ◽

10.1215/00182168-50.2.353 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 353-355

Author(s):

John F. Scott

Keyword(s):

Latin American ◽

American Art ◽

Latin American Art ◽

History Of ◽

American Architecture ◽

Art And Architecture ◽

Latin American Architecture

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Latin American Art, and the Baroque Period in Europe. Studies in Western Art: Acts of the Twentieth International Congress of the History of Art

Art Journal ◽

10.2307/774764 ◽

1964 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 84

Author(s):

Edwin C. Rae ◽

Millard Meiss

Keyword(s):

Latin American ◽

American Art ◽

International Congress ◽

Latin American Art ◽

Western Art ◽

History Of Art ◽

History Of

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On the Colonial Formation of Comparison: The Virgin of Chiquinquirá, The Virgin of Guadalupe and Cloth

Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas ◽

10.22201/iie.18703062e.1999.74-75.1878 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 21 (74-75) ◽

pp. 51 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Tom Cummins

Keyword(s):

Latin American ◽

Comparative Method ◽

American Art ◽

Religious Movement ◽

Latin American Art ◽

Virgin Of Guadalupe ◽

History Of ◽

The Creation ◽

American Artists

The studies of the history of Latin American art have used the comparative method while focusing on the period of evangelization and considering the European parameters of art as the models used by the first American artists. Cummins takes distance from this method which places the American artists at considerable disadvantage. Cummins studies the Colombian devotion of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá, one of the most studied and documented events in Hispanic America. He compares it to the creation and development of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico. By studying the Mexican descriptions of the apparitions and the forging of the image, he discovers that it directly influenced the consolidation of the Colombian devotion. According to Cummins, the parallelisms between the Mexican and the Colombian myths reveal, among other issues, that both represent a national religious movement opposed to the Peninsular Spaniards and with an impact beyond the Creoles that embraced and adopted the image.

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Documenting Latin American art at the Museum of Modern Art Library

Art Libraries Journal ◽

10.1017/s0307472200014085 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 33-36

Author(s):

Taína Caragol

Keyword(s):

Latin American ◽

Art History ◽

Modern Art ◽

American Art ◽

Museum Of Modern Art ◽

Latin American Art ◽

History Of ◽

Geopolitical Region ◽

Art Community ◽

American Art History

This article traces the history of the Latin American holdings of the Museum of Modern Art Library, one of the first institutions outside Latin America to start documenting the art of this geopolitical region, and one of the best research centers on modern Latin American art in the world. This success story dates back to the thirties, when the Museum Library began building a Latin American and Caribbean collection that currently comprises over 15,000 volumes of catalogues and art books. The launch of various research tools and facilities for scholars and the general public in recent years also shows the Museum’s strong commitment not only towards Latin American art history but also to the present and the future of the Latino art community.

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