Land Grant Painted Maps: Native Artists and the Power of Visual Persuasion in Colonial New Spain

This dissertation analyzes the social function of native art in colonial New Spain through the examination of a genre of maps painted by Indian artists known as Land Grants or Mapas de Mercedes. Land Grant maps constitute the response of the native population to a Spanish land distribution practice...

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Main Author: Pulido Rull, Ana
Other Authors: Cummins, Thomas B. F.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10394
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10288615