Art in Colonial America as improvement of strength and Law

Authors

  • Joaquín García Huidobro

Keywords:

Indian law, Vice royal art, American baroque, popular baroque, Andean baroque

Abstract

The undoubted violence of the Conquest was followed by the determination to establish a new order in the occupied lands. For these purposes, the Crown used law, which in the case of the Indies had a very original character, because it applied different statutes to different human groups. However, law was not a sufficient instrument to create a meeting place where indigenous people could recognise themselves in a meaningful way. This paper shows how art played that role more effectively. In fact, the so-called colonial art was not limited to being a mere copy of European models, but presented its own characteristics, which largely respond to the peculiar way of being of the conquered peoples.

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Author Biography

Joaquín García Huidobro

Doctor en Filosofía y en Derecho. Profesor de Filosofía Práctica en la Universidad de los Andes. Santiago, Chile.

Published

2018-12-26

How to Cite

García Huidobro, J. (2018). Art in Colonial America as improvement of strength and Law. Atenea, (517), 181-199. Retrieved from https://revistas.udec.cl/index.php/atenea/article/view/539

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