Castas; mestizaje; pintura; Miguel Cabrera; Ilustración; Museo de América; América; siglo XVIII; mestizaje - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:48:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Castas; mestizaje; pintura; Miguel Cabrera; Ilustración; Museo de América; América; siglo XVIII; mestizaje - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 From Chinese Cambodian and Indian, she-wolf https://historylab.es/from-chinese-cambodian-and-indian-she-wolf/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-chinese-cambodian-and-indian-she-wolf Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/de-chino-cambujo-e-india-loba/ Mixed-race painting whose purpose was to demonstrate the multicultural assimilation of the Monarchy

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]]> Miguel Cabrera was commissioned to produce this type of painting. The depiction of the groups formed by the father, mother and son refers in this case to the degree of mestizaje, a pictorial genre known as “caste painting” developed in the Viceroyalty of New Spain during the 18th century. The clothing and adornment of the characters, as well as the activity they carry out and the setting in which the action takes place, act as fundamental elements in identifying the social status of those depicted

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]]> Spanish and half blood, castiza https://historylab.es/spanish-and-half-blood-castiza/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spanish-and-half-blood-castiza Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/de-espanol-y-mestiza-castiza/ Mixed-race painting whose purpose was to demonstrate the multicultural assimilation of the Monarchy

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]]> The painting executed by Miguel Cabrera in 1763 is a first-rate source of information on everyday life in the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the 18th century. Produced in a series of 16 scenes showing family groups made up of different ethnic groups, this genre responds to the Enlightenment’s desire to order and classify the social structure and to show a self-image of socio-cultural diversity. The posters hanging from the figures probably meant that these works could have been intended for a foreign audience.

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