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A Nahuatl account of the pre-Hispanic events at Chicomoztoc, ca. 1550
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Bartolomé de las Casas protests the seizing of idols, 16th century
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Christopher Columbus’s chaplain encounters the zemis of the Taíno, ca. 1496
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Diego de Landa discovers the architecture of the Maya, 1566
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José de Acosta praises the textiles of the Andes, 1590
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King Phillip II dictates the layout of new towns, 1573
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La Malinche is reunited with her family, 1523
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Moteuczoma cedes his throne to the Spanish, 1519
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Native merchants pay their taxes in Coyoacan, Mexico, ca. 1570
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Regulations for the sculptors’ guild of Mexico City, 1589
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Santo Domingo is sacked by Sir Francis Drake, 1598
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Should Indians be allowed to wear silk? Quito, 1593
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Smelting silver in the New World, ca. 1586
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The arts and rituals of Nahua featherworkers, past and present, ca. 1570
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The conquistador Hernán Cortés marvels at the Aztec capital, 1520
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The Sacred Landscape of the Inka, Cuzco, 16th century
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Viceroy Toledo orders that designs on keros be destroyed, 1574
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17th
A Catholic priest rebuts Quechua beliefs, 1649
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A play from the Tenth Muse of New Spain, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, ca. 1680
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A primordial flood covers the Andes, ca. 1608
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An Amerindian woman makes her will in Santiago, Chile, 1646
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An archbishop cracks down on the dress of Hieronymite nuns, 1673
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Antonio Ruiz de Montoya’s description of a Guaraní ancestral shrine in Paraguay, 1639
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Black slaves and white owners in Guatemala, 1648
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Encomenderos in Cuzco petition the king after the great earthquake of 1650
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Garcilaso de la Vega remembers the Inka way of dressing, 1609
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How indigenous masons learned to create vaults, 1615
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Last will and testament of don Juan Duchisela, a cacique from Yaruquíes, Ecuador, 1605
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Letter of Fray Francisco Corbera on the eve of a Pueblo Indian uprising, 1696
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Melchor Pérez Holguín takes on an assistant in Potosí, 1678
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Nahua curers invoke the Catholic saints, 1629
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Nican Mopohua: The Virgin Mary appears to Juan Diego in Mexico City, ca. 1695
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Prohibitions on blacks and mulattos in New Spain, 1612
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The Inca kings celebrate the Spanish king’s marriage in Potosí, 1600
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The Jesuits plan a new town for the Guaraní in Paraguay’s Amazon, 1613
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The king considers whether Havana’s black women should be forced to dance, 1623
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The marriage of the heiress to the Inka throne, 17th century
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The town council of Tlaxcala takes office, New Spain, 1627
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Childhood virtues of St. Rose of Lima, 1711
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A Guayaquil native pokes fun of Quiteño piety, ca. 1760
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A Maya woman divides her possessions, 1766
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A monastic garden in Puebla, ca. 1760
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A night watchman’s account of a riotous tavern in Lima, 1822
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A nun dreams of a house of horrors, Quito, ca. 1760
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Antonio de Ulloa’s account of the clothing of worn in Quito, Ecuador, 1746
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Chinese goods are to be properly taxed, 1746
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León y Gama interprets a statue of the Aztec Coatlicue, 1792
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Pictures in Count Xala’s Mexico City mansion, 1784
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The interior of a church in Lima, ca. 1740
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The marquesa remakes her gift in Potosí, 1749
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The Viceroy is inaugurated in Lima, 1736
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The Viceroy of Peru sends casta paintings to Spain, 1770
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The wife of the rebel Tupac Amaru II is executed in Cuzco, 1781
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Why is there no worthy ancient sculpture in Oaxaca? 1806
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Map of Tenochtitlan and the Gulf of Mexico from Cortés’ Second Letter
Map of Tenochtitlan and the Gulf of Mexico from Cortés’ Second Letter
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Art World Images 01_Vargas triptych
Art World Images 02_Andahuaylillas
Art World Images 03_Sierra drawing
Art World Images 04_Santisima Trinidad
Art World Images 05_Missal stand
Art World Images 06_Archangel Gabriel
Art World Images 07_Alcena
Art World Images 08_Potosi photograph
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Chinese goods are to be properly taxed, 1746
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How indigenous masons learned to create vaults, 1615
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José de Acosta praises the textiles of the Andes, 1590
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Melchor Pérez Holguín takes on an assistant in Potosí, 1678
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Regulations for the sculptors’ guild of Mexico City, 1589
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Smelting silver in the New World, ca. 1586
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The arts and rituals of Nahua featherworkers, past and present, ca. 1570
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The interior of a church in Lima, ca. 1740
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The marquesa remakes her gift in Potosí, 1749
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Mechanics Surveying
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Mestizaje Images 01_Zemi
Mestizaje Images 02_Lienzo de Tlaxcala
Mestizaje Images 03_Rollo
Mestizaje Images 04_Unku Diego Dias
Mestizaje Images 05_Santa Catalina cloister
Mestizaje Images 06_Barreda casta painting
Mestizaje Images 07_Nusta marriage
Mestizaje Images 08_Chicano park
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A night watchman’s account of a riotous tavern in Lima, 1822
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Black slaves and white owners in Guatemala, 1648
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La Malinche is reunited with her family, 1523
History and Visual Culture
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Last will and testament of don Juan Duchisela, a cacique from Yaruquíes, Ecuador, 1605
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Should Indians be allowed to wear silk? Quito, 1593
History and Visual Culture
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The king considers whether Havana’s black women should be forced to dance, 1623
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The marriage of the heiress to the Inka throne, 17th century
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The Viceroy of Peru sends casta paintings to Spain, 1770
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Otherworldly Images 01_Villalpando_Adoration
Otherworldly Images 02_Cieza de Leon
Otherworldly Images 03_Salvator Mundi
Otherworldly Images 04_Corpus Christi
Otherworldly Images 05_Pecos
Otherworldly Images 06_Virgin of Potosi
Otherworldly Images 07_Luisa del Sacramento
Otherworldly Images 08_Remedios
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Patterns Images 01_Plan of Mendoza
Patterns Images 02_Coca leaf bag
Patterns Images 03_Puebla vessel
Patterns Images 04_Chinese cover
Patterns Images 05_Antigua convent
Patterns Images 06_Cacica
Patterns Images 07_Dona Mariana
Patterns Images 08_Coffee pot
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A Maya woman divides her possessions, 1766
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A monastic garden in Puebla, ca. 1760
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An Amerindian woman makes her will in Santiago, Chile, 1646
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An archbishop cracks down on the dress of Hieronymite nuns, 1673
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Antonio de Ulloa’s account of the clothing of worn in Quito, Ecuador, 1746
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King Phillip II dictates the layout of new towns, 1573
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Letter of Fray Francisco Corbera on the eve of a Pueblo Indian uprising, 1696
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Native merchants pay their taxes in Coyoacan, Mexico, ca. 1570
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Pictures in Count Xala’s Mexico City mansion, 1784
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Prohibitions on blacks and mulattos in New Spain, 1612
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The Jesuits plan a new town for the Guaraní in Paraguay’s Amazon, 1613
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Political Bibliography
Political Images 01_Korikancha
Political Images 02_Cholula map
Political Images 03_Drake map
Political Images 04_Kero with Inka Village
Political Images 05_Morcillo entrada
Political Images 06_Santiago sculpture
Political Images 07_Escudo
Political Images 08_Belt with Tupac Amaru II
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Viceroy Toledo orders that designs on keros be destroyed, 1574
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Encomenderos in Cuzco petition the king after the great earthquake of 1650
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Moteuczoma cedes his throne to the Spanish, 1519
History and Visual Culture
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Santo Domingo is sacked by Sir Francis Drake, 1598
History and Visual Culture
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The Inca kings celebrate the Spanish king’s marriage in Potosí, 1600
History and Visual Culture
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The town council of Tlaxcala takes office, New Spain, 1627
History and Visual Culture
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The Viceroy is inaugurated in Lima, 1736
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The wife of the rebel Tupac Amaru II is executed in Cuzco, 1781
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Pre-Columbian Bibliography
Pre-Columbian Images 01_Pyramid of the Sun
Pre-Columbian Images 02_Khipu
Pre-Columbian Images 03_El Morro
Pre-Columbian Images 04_Guaman Poma planting scene
Pre-Columbian Images 05_Blaeu map
Pre-Columbian Images 06_Don Marcos Chiquathopa
Pre-Columbian Images 07_Coatlicue
Pre-Columbian Images 08_Chimborazo
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A Nahuatl account of the pre-Hispanic events at Chicomoztoc, ca. 1550
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A play from the Tenth Muse of New Spain, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, ca. 1680
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A primordial flood covers the Andes, ca. 1608
History Visual Culture
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Diego de Landa discovers the architecture of the Maya, 1566
History and Visual Culture
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Garcilaso de la Vega remembers the Inka way of dressing, 1609
History and Visual Culture
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León y Gama interprets a statue of the Aztec Coatlicue, 1792
History and Visual Culture
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The conquistador Hernán Cortés marvels at the Aztec capital, 1520
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Why is there no worthy ancient sculpture in Oaxaca? 1806
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Childhood virtues of St. Rose of Lima, 1711
history and visual culture
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A Catholic priest rebuts Quechua beliefs, 1649
history and visual culture
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A Guayaquil native pokes fun of Quiteño piety, ca. 1760
history and visual culture
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A nun dreams of a house of horrors, Quito, ca. 1760
history and visual culture
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Antonio Ruiz de Montoya’s description of a Guaraní ancestral shrine in Paraguay, 1639
history and visual culture
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Bartolomé de las Casas protests the seizing of idols, 16th century
history and visual culture
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Christopher Columbus’s chaplain encounters the zemis of the Taíno, ca. 1496
history and visual culture
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Nahua curers invoke the Catholic saints, 1629
history and visual culture
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Nican Mopohua: The Virgin Mary appears to Juan Diego in Mexico City, ca. 1695
history and visual culture
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The Sacred Landscape of the Inka, Cuzco, 16th century
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Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820
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Please credit as: Leibsohn, Dana, and Barbara E. Mundy, Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820. http://fordham.edu/vistas, 2015.