Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492-1898
Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum / The Monacelli Press, 2013. Softcover. glossy, color pictorial wraps w/ French flaps, 224 pp., many color illus. VG (bump/bruise w/ creasing to spine top. scuffs & scratches to wraps; edge-wear. corners rubbed. very tightly bound). Item #154530
ISBN: 9780872731721
Issued in conjunction with a 2013-2015 exhibition, the first "to explore the private lives, power struggles, and collecting practices of Spain's New World elite living under colonial rule. The exhibition of 160 magnificent works in all media from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Islamic world and the accompanying catalogue explore how America's new privileged class -- including Spaniards from the Iberian Peninsula, Creoles (American-born white Spaniards), mestizos (individuals of mixed race), and indigenous people -- asserted and secured social status through the conspicuous consumption and spectacular domestic display of luxury goods from all over the world." (foreword) With illustrated essays by Richard Aste, Jorge F. Rivas Perez, Suzanne L. Stratton-Pruitt, Michael A. Brown, and Mia L. Bagneris. Includes a selected bibliography. Lavishly illustrated.
Price: $40.00