Unknown artist, Garden Party on the Terrace of a Country Home, about 1720–30. Oil paint on canvas with gold. Gift of the Collection Frederick and Jan Mayer, 2009.759.

Festivals and Daily Life in the Arts of Colonial Latin America

2012 Mayer Center for Ancient and Latin American Art Symposium

Unknown artist, Garden Party on the Terrace of a Country Home, about 1720–30. Oil paint on canvas with gold. Gift of the Collection Frederick and Jan Mayer, 2009.759.

Speakers

  • Beatriz Berndt (Independent Scholar | Mexico City): Between Monarchic and Local Identity: Reflections on an Ephemeral Façade Designed for the Enthronement of Charles IV in Mexico (1789)
  • Gustavo Curiel (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico | Mexico City): Mourning Rites, Processions, and Burials: The Holy Office of the Inquisition of the City of Mexico and the Funerary Observances of King Philip IV (1666)
  • Kelly Donahue-Wallace (University of North Texas | Denton, TX): La corte vestida de gala: The Royal Academy of San Carlos and the Spectacle of Colonial Life
  • Alexandra Kennedy-Troya (Universidad de Cuenca | Cuenca, Ecuador): The Lasting Colonial Influence on Daily Life in 19th- and 20th-century Ecuador
  • Susan Migden Socolow (Emory University | Atlanta, GA): Women’s Clothing & Accessories in Colonial Argentina
  • Ramon Mujica Pinilla (Universidad de San Marcos | Lima, Peru): Festivals and Daily Life in Colonial Peru
  • Barbara Mundy (Fordham University | New York): Indian Dances (Mitotes) in Colonial Mexico City
  • Frances Ramos (University of South Florida | Tampa, FL): Celebrating the Patriarch(s): The Municipal Council of Puebla and the Cult of Saint Joseph
  • Jorge Rivas (Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros | Caracas, Venezuela and New York): Transforming Status: The Genesis of the New World Butaca