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The term Spanish colonial refers to the period of Spanish rule over its colonial territories in the Americas, and also to the artistic and architectural styles prevalent from the early-16th to early-19th century. Four viceroyalties governed Spain's holdings in the Americas, symbolically extending the monarchy's presence across the Atlantic. Spanish colonial artistic and architectural styles varied across the Americas and throughout the centuries of Spanish colonization, but in general both secular and religious art reflected the tastes of the European-descended aristocracy. However, there was also an ongoing exchange of European and indigenous influences, particularly through the hybridization of Catholicism and preexisting indigenous religions.
Adapted from
- Kelly Donahue-Wallace, Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America, 1521-1821 (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2008), xix-xxvii.
- Getty Vocabulary, AAT (Spanish Colonial (Spanish Renaissance-Baroque styles): AAT: 300107033)
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- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Arts of the Spanish Americas, 1550–1850.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Europe and the Age of Exploration.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about The Manila Galleon Trade (1565–1815).
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Trade Routes between Europe and Asia during Antiquity.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about European Exploration of the Pacific, 1600–1800.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Polychrome Sculpture in Spanish America.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Colonial Kero Cups.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Arts of the Mission Schools in Mexico.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Talavera de Puebla.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Gold of the Indies.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Eighteenth-Century European Dress.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Iberian Peninsula, 1400–1600 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Mexico, 1400–1600 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Central America and the Caribbean, 1400–1600 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Central and Southern Andes, 1400–1600 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Maya Area, 1400–1600 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Northern Andes, 1400–1600 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Mexico and Central America, 1600–1800 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Mexico and Central America Native Peoples, 1600–1800 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about South America, 1600–1800 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Mexico and Central America, 1800–1900 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about South America, 1800–1900 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Mexico and Central America: Native Peoples, 1800–1900 C.E.
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General Description
The term Spanish colonial refers to the period of Spanish rule over its colonial territories in the Americas, and also to the artistic and architectural styles prevalent from the early-16th to early-19th century. Four viceroyalties governed Spain's holdings in the Americas, symbolically extending the monarchy's presence across the Atlantic. Spanish colonial artistic and architectural styles varied across the Americas and throughout the centuries of Spanish colonization, but in general both secular and religious art reflected the tastes of the European-descended aristocracy. However, there was also an ongoing exchange of European and indigenous influences, particularly through the hybridization of Catholicism and preexisting indigenous religions.
Adapted from
- Kelly Donahue-Wallace, Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America, 1521-1821 (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2008), xix-xxvii.
- Getty Vocabulary, AAT (Spanish Colonial (Spanish Renaissance-Baroque styles): AAT: 300107033)
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- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Arts of the Spanish Americas, 1550–1850.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Europe and the Age of Exploration.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about The Manila Galleon Trade (1565–1815).
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Trade Routes between Europe and Asia during Antiquity.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about European Exploration of the Pacific, 1600–1800.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Polychrome Sculpture in Spanish America.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Colonial Kero Cups.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Arts of the Mission Schools in Mexico.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Talavera de Puebla.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Gold of the Indies.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Eighteenth-Century European Dress.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Iberian Peninsula, 1400–1600 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Mexico, 1400–1600 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Central America and the Caribbean, 1400–1600 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Central and Southern Andes, 1400–1600 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Maya Area, 1400–1600 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Northern Andes, 1400–1600 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Mexico and Central America, 1600–1800 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Mexico and Central America Native Peoples, 1600–1800 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about South America, 1600–1800 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Mexico and Central America, 1800–1900 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about South America, 1800–1900 C.E.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art~Read more about Mexico and Central America: Native Peoples, 1800–1900 C.E.
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