Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World
- ISBN-10
- 0300176643
- ISBN-13
- 9780300176643
- Category
- Art and society
- Pages
- 319
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Los Angeles County Museum
- Authors
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ilona Katzew, Museo Nacional de Historia
Description
An absorbing discussion of the myriad depictions of the indigenous people of Mexico and Peru in colonial times
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