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Article Review: Casta Paintings
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Diana DiPaolo Loren argues in her article in the journal of Historical Archaeology titled “Corporeal Concerns: Casta Paintings and the Use of Images in Archaeological Interpretations” that the main issue of simply analyzing the 18th century’s casta paintings through only an archaeological perspective. Loren aligns herself with other critics such as Gallaway, Wylie or Stahl on the opinion that in ignoring “archaeological, ethnohistorical and visual” (Loren, 27) differences between the (approximately) 500 casta paintings it results in a simply “functional” (27) understanding of culture. Allowing other perspectives in order to examine these pieces of art and through highlighting (Loren; Hall, 1992, 2000. 27) the differences or supposed juxtapositions “illuminate central contradictions” (27) faced within 18th century Latin America (including Mexico and Texas); perspectives on how people should act within specific racial socioeconomic classes. Reading Diana DiPaolo Loren’s perspective allows those of us the opportunity to re-examine our proper interpretation of these pieces; to see how the smaller details of portrayal belay different perspectives on the sociopolitical environment of 18th century Latin America.
Diana DiPaolo Loren, Historical Archaeology, Vol. 41, No. 1, Between Art & Artifact (2007), pp. 23-28
Not unlike the previous article, Rebecca Earle contends a new model for examining the socioracial stratification depicted within the 18th century’s casta paintings through her paper “The Pleasures of Taxonomy: Casta Paintings, Classification, and Colonialism”. However this article focuses on the aspect more of the intent of the paintings as not so much being reflective of that era in society, but rather to represent the “outcome” (Earle 2016, 428) of racial mixing through depiction of family composition and social status. Earle also investigates the epistemologies which arose during the Enlightenment period that contributed to the popularity of socioracial classification and representation of families within colonial Latin America. The oftentimes racially idealistic portrayal of the people within the typical 16 frame casta paintings “that so captivated Enlightenment thinkers” (432) resulted from the visually aesthetic manner in which they saw their own ideas of racial classification harmoniously represented. These ideals may have been upheld through things like clothing, diet and setting which also upheld the belief of “passing” as or actively changing the caste you belonged to through simple changes to one’s outward appearance; this is prevalent globally today. In short, Earle describes a debate of the “outcome” (428) of racial mixing within Latin America during the 1800’s Enlightenment era.
Earle, Rebecca. The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 73, No. 3 (July 2016), pp. 427-466
Article Review: Casta Paintings
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Diana DiPaolo Loren argues in her article in the journal of Historical Archaeology titled “Corporeal Concerns: Casta Paintings and the Use of Images in Archaeological Interpretations” that the main issue of simply analyzing the 18th century’s cas... read full post >>
Article Review: Casta Paintings
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Diana DiPaolo Loren argues in her article in the journal of Historical Archaeology titled “Corporeal Concerns: Casta Paintings and the Use of Images in Archaeological Interpretations” that the main issue of simply analyzing the 18th century’s casta paintings through only an archaeological perspective. Loren aligns herself with other critics such as Gallaway, Wylie or Stahl on the opinion that in ignoring “archaeological, ethnohistorical and visual” (Loren, 27) differences between the (approximately) 500 casta paintings it results in a simply “functional” (27) understanding of culture. Allowing other perspectives in order to examine these pieces of art and through highlighting (Loren; Hall, 1992, 2000. 27) the differences or supposed juxtapositions “illuminate central contradictions” (27) faced within 18th century Latin America (including Mexico and Texas); perspectives on how people should act within specific racial socioeconomic classes. Reading Diana DiPaolo Loren’s perspective allows those of us the opportunity to re-examine our proper interpretation of these pieces; to see how the smaller details of portrayal belay different perspectives on the sociopolitical environment of 18th century Latin America.
Diana DiPaolo Loren, Historical Archaeology, Vol. 41, No. 1, Between Art & Artifact (2007), pp. 23-28
Not unlike the previous article, Rebecca Earle contends a new model for examining the socioracial stratification depicted within the 18th century’s casta paintings through her paper “The Pleasures of Taxonomy: Casta Paintings, Classification, and Colonialism”. However this article focuses on the aspect more of the intent of the paintings as not so much being reflective of that era in society, but rather to represent the “outcome” (Earle 2016, 428) of racial mixing through depiction of family composition and social status. Earle also investigates the epistemologies which arose during the Enlightenment period that contributed to the popularity of socioracial classification and representation of families within colonial Latin America. The oftentimes racially idealistic portrayal of the people within the typical 16 frame casta paintings “that so captivated Enlightenment thinkers” (432) resulted from the visually aesthetic manner in which they saw their own ideas of racial classification harmoniously represented. These ideals may have been upheld through things like clothing, diet and setting which also upheld the belief of “passing” as or actively changing the caste you belonged to through simple changes to one’s outward appearance; this is prevalent globally today. In short, Earle describes a debate of the “outcome” (428) of racial mixing within Latin America during the 1800’s Enlightenment era.
Earle, Rebecca. The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 73, No. 3 (July 2016), pp. 427-466
Article Review: Casta Paintings
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Diana DiPaolo Loren argues in her article in the journal of Historical Archaeology titled “Corporeal Concerns: Casta Paintings and the Use of Images in Archaeological Interpretations” that the main issue of simply analyzing the 18th century’s casta paintings through only an archaeological perspective. Loren aligns herself with other critics such as Gallaway, Wylie or Stahl on the opinion that in ignoring “archaeological, ethnohistorical and visual” (Loren, 27) differences between the (approximately) 500 casta paintings it results in a simply “functional” (27) understanding of culture. Allowing other perspectives in order to examine these pieces of art and through highlighting (Loren; Hall, 1992, 2000. 27) the differences or supposed juxtapositions “illuminate central contradictions” (27) faced within 18th century Latin America (including Mexico and Texas); perspectives on how people should act within specific racial socioeconomic classes. Reading Diana DiPaolo Loren’s perspective allows those of us the opportunity to re-examine our proper interpretation of these pieces; to see how the smaller details of portrayal belay different perspectives on the sociopolitical environment of 18th century Latin America.
Diana DiPaolo Loren, Historical Archaeology, Vol. 41, No. 1, Between Art & Artifact (2007), pp. 23-28
Not unlike the previous article, Rebecca Earle contends a new model for examining the socioracial stratification depicted within the 18th century’s casta paintings through her paper “The Pleasures of Taxonomy: Casta Paintings, Classification, and Colonialism”. However this article focuses on the aspect more of the intent of the paintings as not so much being reflective of that era in society, but rather to represent the “outcome” (Earle 2016, 428) of racial mixing through depiction of family composition and social status. Earle also investigates the epistemologies which arose during the Enlightenment period that contributed to the popularity of socioracial classification and representation of families within colonial Latin America. The oftentimes racially idealistic portrayal of the people within the typical 16 frame casta paintings “that so captivated Enlightenment thinkers” (432) resulted from the visually aesthetic manner in which they saw their own ideas of racial classification harmoniously represented. These ideals may have been upheld through things like clothing, diet and setting which also upheld the belief of “passing” as or actively changing the caste you belonged to through simple changes to one’s outward appearance; this is prevalent globally today. In short, Earle describes a debate of the “outcome” (428) of racial mixing within Latin America during the 1800’s Enlightenment era.
Earle, Rebecca. The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 73, No. 3 (July 2016), pp. 427-466
A Fictional Melting Point
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The second source I will be using for the video is “Faces from a Fictional Melting Point” which was written by Holland Cotter. In this article, Holland Cotter reviews the offbeat art exhibition titled “New World Orders: Casta Painting and Colonial Latin America,” at the Americas Society in Manhattan NY through Dec 22, 1996. The… read full post >>
Week 9: Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire
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This week looked at start of the 20th century within the time of the cold war but also within that time period, it looked into the way Latin America is portrayed within propaganda and media. Focusing on Ariel Dorfman’s ” How to Read Donald Duck” he explained how such cartoon implement the American Imperial Project. […] read full post >>
Week 9: Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire
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This week looked at start of the 20th century within the time of the cold war but also within that time period, it looked into the way Latin America is portrayed within propaganda and media. Focusing on Ariel Dorfman’s ” How to Read Donald Duck” he explained how such cartoon implement the American Imperial Project. […] read full post >>
Violence in Casta Paintings
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Source: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14753820902783977 The first source that I am planning to use in the video is the article “Fragmented Borders, Fallen Men, Bestial Women:Violence in the Casta Paintings of Eighteenth century New Spain” written by Evelina Guzauskyte. I found this interesting because among all the articles I read about Casta Paintings, this is the only one which mentions… read full post >>
Research Assignment: Columbus
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Primary Source: Christopher Columbus’ Journal The Voyage of Christopher Columbus: Columbus’ Own Journal of Discovery Newly Restored and Translated. Ed. John Cummins. New York: St Martin’s Press, 1992. On Friday October 12th made contact with the indigenous peoples of the land, and set foot on the shore of the Americas for the first time. It … Continue reading Research Assignment: Columbus read full post >>
Short Research Assignment
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Creelman, James. “Porfirio Diaz, Hero of the Americas”. Pearson’s Magazine (1908). 14 Nov. 2016 In the article provided by Dawson, the James Creelman interviews Porfirio Diaz, the Mexican President who oversaw modernity in his country. Diaz talks about retiring and is often hypocritical in some of the statements he gives. For example, Diaz declares that … read full post >>
