凯利·唐纳休·华莱士（Kelly Donahue Wallace）考察了从征服时期到独立时期，西班牙总督新西班牙、秘鲁、新格拉纳达和拉普拉塔（La Plata）所创造的艺术和建筑。作者强调了副总统府及其社会、经济、宗教和政治背景，并按时间顺序回顾了殖民时代的主要文物和纪念碑。
为了呈现早期和后期殖民时期的根本差异，作品按时间顺序提供，并以绘画、城市规划、宗教建筑和世俗艺术等媒介进行分隔，因此，与每件作品相关的生产、目的和反应等方面都得到了充分关注。主要文件，包括遗嘱、日记和行会记录，贯穿全文，以便更深入地了解物品制作的背景。
Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America, 1521-1821
Kelly Donahue-Wallace surveys the art and architecture created in the Spanish Viceroyalties of New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and La Plata from the time of the conquest to the independence era. Emphasizing the viceregal capitals and their social, economic, religious, and political contexts, the author offers a chronological review of the major objects and monuments of the colonial era.
In order to present fundamental differences between the early and later colonial periods, works are offered chronologically and separated by medium–painting, urban planning, religious architecture, and secular art–so the aspects of production, purpose, and response associated with each work are given full attention. Primary documents, including wills, diaries, and guild records are placed throughout the text to provide a deeper appreciation of the contexts in which the objects were made.
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