Investig@rte: the national network of art libraries in Mexico

2005 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-29
Author(s):  
Elsa Barberena ◽  
Carmen Block ◽  
Elda Mónica Guerrero
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Race ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Spanish Colonial ◽  
National Network ◽  
Mexican Art ◽  
Mexican Culture

Mexican art, dating back to 2500 BC, is enormously rich and stylistically varied, the product of the country’s indigenous, ‘mestizo’ [mixed race] and Mexican cultures, which range from Olmec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec and Mixtec, to Mayan and Aztec. During the colonial period, the influence of European art was added, brought via Spain, and at the same time Catholicism prevailed over pre-Hispanic polytheism. Mexican culture as it is known today emerged at the end of the Spanish colonial period and its wealth is amply demonstrated in the content of the writings and other documents found in Mexican libraries today.

Cuban Colonial Prints

2019 ◽  
pp. 15-29
Author(s):  
Emilio Cueto
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Visual Representations ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Graphic Art ◽  
Spanish Colonial ◽  
Tropical Location

The collector and independent scholar Emilio Cueto provides a historical inventory of seventeen graphic art images depicting Cuba, printed during the late Spanish colonial period (1762–1898). These images—primarily authored by Dutch, English, French, and German, not Spanish or Cuban artists—became the most widely circulated visual representations of the island, particularly the capital of Havana. Despite their fanciful and often inaccurate character, these prints depicted the landscape, architecture, people, and customs of the island. They became part of a well-known visual repertoire that fixed Cuba as an exotic tropical location in the global imagination. As Cueto underlines, “It was through engravings and lithographs that Cuba first became known both inside the island and abroad. Colonial Cuba was defined by its prints.”

scholarly journals Spanish Colonial Period Bricks from Churches in Laguna, Philippines: A Preliminary Chemical Characterisation Using X-ray Diffraction, Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence and Fourier Transform Infrared

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-124
Author(s):  
Jan-Michael C. Cayme ◽  
Arturo F. Bermejo III ◽  
Chris Allen Earl T. Francia ◽  
Aniano N. Asor Jr ◽  
Eric T. Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Fourier Transform Infrared ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Energy Dispersive ◽  
Clay Material ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Spanish Colonial ◽  
X Ray

Spanish Colonial Period brick samples dating to the 19th century from the Municipalities of Liliw and Pagsanjan in Laguna, Philippines was investigated. These samples were obtained from two church structures, a church bell tower from Liliw and a church convent from Pagsanjan. Combined X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy allowed the determination of chemical elements and minerals attributed to clay and sand, such as montmorillonite, quartz, corundum, hematite and calcite. On the basis of these compositions, the possible kilning conditions employed to fire the bricks during manufacture was also proposed. MATLAB™ programme was utilised in this study to interpret the data from XRD and FTIR to rationalise the overlapping peaks in the spectrum. Results show that both brick samples were made of clay material that is non-calcareous with low refractory. The firing was performed in an oxidising atmosphere or an open-air environment at an estimated temperature of between 650°C and 850°C. This preliminary study provides a baseline chemical characterisation data of colonial period bricks in the Philippines which will be useful for future conservation and restoration work not only locally but also within the Southeast Asian region.

scholarly journals Extraction Methods for Quantifying Iron, Calcium and Magnesium in a Historic Brickwork Produced During the Spanish Colonial Period in the Philippines

KIMIKA ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-37
Author(s):  
Jan-Michael C. Cayme ◽  
Aniano, Jr. N. Asor
Keyword(s):  
Mineralogical Composition ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Hot Plate ◽  
Spanish Colonial ◽  
Aqua Regia ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Old Spanish ◽  
Calcium And Magnesium

This study demonstrates the feasibility of performing chemical analyses on heritage materials in the Philippines. Four extraction methods were evaluated based on the percentage of iron, calcium and magnesium in a clay brick sample obtained from an old Spanish colonial period church at Ilocos Norte. Aqua regia (1:3 HNO3:HCl, v/v) solvent was used to extract these elements by conventional hot plate digestion. The extraction methods are: digesting the sample directly with aqua regia (M1), sample pre-digested with NH4Cl and ethyl alcohol prior to the actual digestion (M2) and soaking the sample with aqua regia for 24 hours (M3) and 48 hours (M4) before digestion. Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) was employed to quantify the concentration of the intended elements. The percentage composition of iron ranges from 4.193 to 4.418%, calcium from 0.123 to 0.203%, and magnesium from 2.346 to 2.458%, respectively. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis was done to support the data obtained from AAS. M1 was more effective in extracting calcium from the brick sample, while M2, M3 and M4 were useful for extracting iron and magnesium. Infrared spectroscopy (IR) provided a basic mineralogical composition of the sample, with peaks that were attributed to quartz, kaolinite, calcite, silicates and hematite.

Mexican Art and Architecture Databases: Needs, Achievements, Problems

2000 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsa Barberena
Keyword(s):  
Subject Area ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Art World ◽  
Mexican Art ◽  
Mexican Culture ◽  
Art And Architecture

Mexico has played an important role in art and architecture since the prehispanic period, and has contributed not only to the spread of Mexican culture but also to the enrichment of the art world in general. But Mexican art and architecture have been poorly covered by indexes and abstracts, possibly because many of the relevant periodicals have been short-lived, or because of the use of the Spanish language, or due to intermittent financial resources. Nevertheless creators of bibliographical tools such as databases in Mexico are convinced of their country’s cultural richness, and are committed to spreading information in this subject area, whatever difficulties may be encountered.

Color outside the line : Liminality and Creole identity in Louisiana, colonial era to reconstruction

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Wendy Marie Castenell
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Race ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Racial Ideology ◽  
Free People Of Color ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Spanish Colonial ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
The University ◽  
Free People

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This work examines the construction of racial and caste identity in Louisiana, from the French and Spanish colonial period through Reconstruction. Using painted portraits of Louisiana's mixed race caste of free people of color, this dissertation argues that Creoles of color utilized art as a means of actively constructing their identity as elite, educated, and politically savvy members of Louisiana's social hierarchy. In so doing, this caste used art to resist the dominant Anglo-American racial binary in favor of the more nuanced Latin conception of race. Therefore art, and more specifically portraiture, was a tool to circulate Creoles of color's self-conception as equal citizens, and cultural affiliations with white Creoles within the state. Consequently, portraits of this caste managed to subvert the dominant American racial ideology.

Power and Resilience

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Barretto-Tesoro ◽  
Vito Hernandez
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Spanish Colonial ◽  
Seasonal Flooding ◽  
Current Location ◽  
Flooding Event ◽  
Local Resilience ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
The Town ◽  
The Church

The old town (Pinagbayanan) of San Juan in Batangas, Philippines was established along the coast of Tayabas Bay in the 1840s during the late Spanish Colonial Period. Popular history recounts its relocation 7 km inland to its current location in 1890 because of seasonal flooding. Geoarchaeological landscape data from two stone houses and the old church complex are used alongside ethnohistorical accounts to explore this period further. Archival documents document the conflict between the priest and the residents in transferring the town. By integrating these data, this chapter explores the power of the church and resilience of the townspeople. This argument analyzes how two prominent groups responded to the same flooding event in the context of local resilience and resistance to Spanish demands. The results are tied to the larger context of Spanish colonial occupation of the Philippines.

Archeological Data Recovery of the Camino Site (16JE223), A Spanish Colonial Period Site Near New Orleans, Louisiana

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill-Karen Yakubik ◽  
Benjamin Maygarden ◽  
Tristram R. Kidder ◽  
Shannon Dawdy ◽  
Kenneth Jones
Keyword(s):  
New Orleans ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Data Recovery ◽  
Spanish Colonial
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