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Book Review
Clothing the New World Church: Liturgical Textiles of Spanish America, 1520–1820
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1040-1041
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
subjects:
Latin American / Textiles / Religious art / Religious ceremonies / Ecclesiastical vestments / Costume
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Clothing the New World Church: Liturgical Textiles of Spanish America, 1520–1820 By Maya Stanfield-Mazzi. 408 pp. incl. 186 col. + b. & w. ills. (University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, 2021), £33. ISBN 978–0– 268–10805–2. | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Mitre showing the Tree of Jesse. Mexico, c.1550. Feather mosaic, silk. 45.5 by 29 cm. (Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna).
Book Review
The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830–1930: Cityscapes, Photographs, Debates
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 942-944
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
places:
Latin American / Architecture / Urban history / Urban planning / Architects
places:
Buenos Aires / Havana / Santiago de Chile / Mexico City / Rio de Janeiro / Lima
Reviewed Items
places:
The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830–1930: Cityscapes, Photographs, Debates Edited by Idurre Alonso and Maristella Casciato. 324 pp. incl. 154 col. + 24 b. & w. ills. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2021), £55. ISBN 978–1–60606–694–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. ‘Raymond Special’ on the Metlac Bridge, Mexico CityVeracruz, by Charles Betts Waite. c.1897. Gelatin silver print, 19.7 by 24.1 cm. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles).
Article
A Borromini-inspired church plan in eighteenth-century Lima
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 740-751
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Author:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Borromini, Francesco / Vargas, Cristobál de / Matamoros, Juan de / Torquemada, Manuel de
buildings:
Sacred Heart of Jesus the Orphan (Los Huérfanos), Lima, Peru / San Antonio Abad, Lima, Peru / San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, Italy
dates:
1750-1779
media:
Books / Prints / Published illustrations
styles:
Baroque / Rococo / Latin American
subjects:
Architectural history / Architectural drawings / Religious architecture / Influence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Los Huérfanos, Lima. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
1. The south façade of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of the Orphans (Los Huérfanos), Lima, by Cristóbal de Vargas, Juan de Matamoros, Manuel de Torquemada and others. 1758–66. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
10. Detail of the choir loft in Los Huérfanos, Lima. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
11. East wall of the nave, south entrance and choir loft of Los Huérfanos, Lima, by Manuel González Salazar. Before 1940. Photograph, 9.5 by 13 cm. (From H. Wethey: Colonial Architecture and Sculpture in Peru, Cambridge MA 1949).
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12. Detail of the southeast corner of the nave of Los Huérfanos, Lima. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
13. The baptistery screen of Los Huérfanos, Lima. c.1766. Polychrome wood. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
14. Plan of the church dedicated to S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane Esq. Francesco Borromini architect, by Giovanni Francesco Venturini. Engraving from G.G. de Rossi: Insignium Romae templorum prospectus exteriores interioresque, a celebrioribus architectis inventi, Rome 1684.
Attributed works:
15. The baptistery of Los Huérfanos, Lima. (Photograph Lucía Silva).
Attributed works:
16. The great courtyard, Colégio de Santo Tomás, Lima, by Fray Diego Maroto. Begun 1665. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
17. The dome of S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, by Francesco Borromini. 1638–41. (Photograph Vicenzo Pirozzi; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
18. The dome of the Chapel of San Martín de Porres, Monastery of Santo Domingo, Lima. Last third of the 18th century. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
3. The former Jesuit novitiate chapel of San Antonio Abad (now San Carlos), Lima, by Cristóbal de Vargas. 1758–66. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
4. The doorway in the west façade of Los Huérfanos, Lima. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
5. Plan of Los Huérfanos, Lima. (From E. Bonilla di Tolla et al.: Lima y el Callao, Lima and Seville 2009).
Attributed works:
6. The backsplash of one of three holy water stoups in Los Huérfanos, Lima. c.1766. Alabaster. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
7. The interior of Los Huérfanos, Lima, looking north. (Photograph Lucía Silva).
Attributed works:
8. The chancel of S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, by Francesco Borromini. 1638–41. (Photograph Andrea Jemolo; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
9. Detail of the west wall of the nave of Los Huérfanos, Lima. (Photograph Lucía Silva).
Article
Buenos Aires Cathedral in the eighteenth century
08/2019 | 1397 | 161
Pages: 638-647
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Author:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Pellegrini, Carlos / Lorea, Isidro / Hernández, Juan Antonio
buildings:
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Buenos Aires
patrons:
Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788
sources:
Watercolours / Photographs
styles:
Latin American / Rococo / Neo-classical architecture
subjects:
Interiors / Aesthetics / Architectural history / Reconstructions / Masella, Antonio / Sáa y Faría, José Custódio de
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Interior of Buenos Aires Cathedral, by Carlos Enrique Pellegrini. c.1830. Watercolour on paper, 39.5 by 28 cm. (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires).
Attributed works:
10. High altarpiece, Buenos Aires Cathedral, by Isidro Lorea. 1774–84. Polychrome and gilded wood, 16.5 by 8.7 m. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
11. Below Holy Week in Buenos Aires Cathedral, by Julio Pelvilain after a drawing by Jean-Léon Pallière. 1830. Lithograph, 18.8 by 29.3 cm. (Museo Historico Nacional, Buenos Aires).
Attributed works:
12. Oculus window, S. Agata in Trastevere, Rome, by Giacomo Onorato Recalcati. Begun 1710. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
14. Pulpit (one of a pair) in Buenos Aires Cathedral, by Juan Antonio Gaspar Hernández. 1790. Polychrome and gilded wood. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
15. Façade of the fourth cathedral of Buenos Aires, by Andrea Bianchi. 1727. Ink and watercolour on paper, 57 by 56 cm. (Archivo General de Indias, Seville).
Attributed works:
16. Plan and elevation for an unexecuted façade for the fifth cathedral of Buenos Aires, by José Custodio Sáa y Faría. 1788. Ink and watercolour on paper, 70.5 by 50 cm. (Archivio di Stato di Reggio Emilia; photograph courtesy Giuliano Ferrari).
Attributed works:
4. Buenos Aires Cathedral. (Photograph Hermis/Alamy Stock Photo).
Attributed works:
5. Church of Santa Catalina, Buenos Aires, by Giovanni Battista Primoli and others. 1727–45. (Photograph Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg/ Alamy Stock Photo).
Attributed works:
6. Section of Buenos Aires Cathedral with projected vestibule and towers, by José Custodio Sáa y Faría. 1788. Ink and watercolour on paper, 56 by 87.5 cm. (Archivio di Stato di Reggio Emilia; photograph courtesy Giuliano Ferrari).
Attributed works:
7. Plan and elevation of Buenos Aires Cathedral, by Antonio Masella. 1755. Ink on paper, 38 by 46 cm. (Archivo General de Indias, Seville).
Attributed works:
8. Dome of Buenos Aires Cathedral, by Manuel Álvarez de Rocha. Begun 1771. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
9. The Plaza, or Great Square of Buenos Ayres, from E.E. Vidal: Picturesque illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, London 1820. Hand coloured aquatint, 39.7 by 31.7 (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles).
Western art unattributed:
13. Stucco angel over one of the doorways between the side chapels in Buenos Aires Cathedral. Before 1778. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
2. Interior of Buenos Aires Cathedral. Before 1899. Photograph, 24 by 18 cm. (Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires).
Western art unattributed:
3. Interior of Buenos Aires Cathedral. Before 1899. Photograph, 20 by 16 cm. (Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires).
Book Review
Photography in Argentina: Contradiction and Continuity. Edited by Idurre Alonso and Judith Keller; and Revolution and Ritual: The Photographs of Sara Castrejón, Graciela Iturbide, and Tatiana Parcero. Edited by Mary Davis MacNaughton
08/2019 | 1397 | 161
Pages: 699-701
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Reviewer:
Martins, Luciana (Martins, Luciana)
Subjects
places:
Argentina / Mexico
subjects:
Photography / Latin American
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Photography in Argentina: Contradiction and Continuity Edited by Idurre Alonso and Judith Keller. 344 pp. incl. 130 col. + 125 b. & w. ills. (Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2017) Photography in Argentina: Contradiction and Continuity Edited by Idurre Alonso and Judith Keller. 344 pp. incl. 130 col. + 125 b. & w. ills. (Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2017) | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Evita, by Santiago Porter. 2009. Archival pigment print, 160 by 127 cm. (© Santiago Porter)
Book Review
The Art of Painting in Colonial Bolivia / El arte de la pintura en Bolivia colonial. Edited by Suzanne L. Stratton-Pruitt
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 351
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
dates:
1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1849
media:
Paintings
places:
Bolivia
subjects:
Latin American / Colonial / Iconography / Religious art / Religious ceremonies
Article
The Baroque churches of El Salvador
07/2016 | 1360 | 158
Pages: 529-539
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Author:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
dates:
1650-1749
places:
El Salvador / Guatemala / Central America
subjects:
Architecture / Religious architecture / Churches / Latin American / Spanish Colonial / Interiors / Facades
subjects:
Baroque
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
10. Façade of the church of Santiago Apóstol, Chalchupa. 1681-before 1723
Non-western art unattributed:
11. Detail of Fig.12
Non-western art unattributed:
12. Apse of the church of Santiago Apóstol, Chalchupa
Non-western art unattributed:
13. Detail of Fig.12
Non-western art unattributed:
14. Detail of crowning of façade from the back of the church of Santiago Apóstol, Chalchupa
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Cupola of the church of Santiago Apóstol, Chalchupa
Non-western art unattributed:
16. Façade of the church of S. Pedro, Metapán. 1736-43
Non-western art unattributed:
17. Nave of the church of S. Pedro, Metapán. 1736-43
Non-western art unattributed:
18. Façade of the church of El Pilar, San Vicente. 1762-69
Non-western art unattributed:
19. Detail of left lateral wall and cupola of the church of El Pilar, San Vicente
Non-western art unattributed:
20. Detail of Fig.18
Non-western art unattributed:
21. Detail of Fig.18
Non-western art unattributed:
22. Interior from inside the right lateral portal of the church of El Pilar, San Vicente
Non-western art unattributed:
23. Interior of the nave of the church of El Pilar, San Vicente
Book Review
Painting in Latin America, 1550–1820: From Conquest to Independence, L.E. Alcalá and J. Brown, eds.
12/2015 | 1353 | 157
Pages: 856
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Reviewer:
Cruz González, Cristina (Cruz González, Cristina)
Subjects
dates:
1550-1599 / 1600-1799 / 1810-1819
subjects:
Paintings / Latin American / Spanish Colonial / Art historiography
subjects:
Mexican School / Mexican painting
Exhibition Review
Made in the Americas
12/2015 | 1353 | 157
Pages: 885-886
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Reviewer:
Zafran, Eric (Zafran, Eric)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States / Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware, United States
places:
United States / Boston
places:
Winterthur (DE)
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Art objects / Furniture / Textiles / Paintings / Mexican / Latin American / Spanish Colonial
Illustrations
Attributed works:
87. Nicholas Boylston, by John Singleton Copley. c.1769 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Non-western art unattributed:
86. Desk and bookcase, Puebla de Los Angeles, Mexico, mid-eighteenth century (Ann and Gordon Getty Collection; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Non-western art unattributed:
89. Bedcover, probably Peruvian, colonial. 1661 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Western art unattributed:
88. Altar frontal with the Dove of the Holy Spirit, made by the Ursuline nuns of Quebec City. c.1700 (Collection de monastère des Ursulines de Québec; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Exhibition Review
Unsettled landscapes
12/2014 | 1341 | 156
Pages: 849-850
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Reviewer:
Silberman, Robert (Silberman, Robert; Silberman, Robert B.)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
SITE, Santa Fe, United States
places:
United States / Santa Fe
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Landscapes (visual works) / Landscape (environment) / American (United States of America) / American Colonial / Latin American / Conceptual art / Politics
Illustrations
Attributed works:
68. The United States vs. Tim DeChristopher, by Andrea Bowers (Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Projects; exh. SITE Sante Fe)
Attributed works:
69. Perímeters (botanical species: Andean Walnut), by Johanna Calle (Courtesy of the artist; exh. SITE Santa Fe)
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