Table of Contents
Introduction 6
Chapter 1 Conquest and Negotiation (1520-1600) 18
Chapter 2 Art for the New Cities (1550-1700) 54
Chapter 3 Baroque Splendor under the Bourbons (1700-1810) 96
Chapter 4 From Neoclassicism to Romanticism (1750-1850) 132
Chapter 5 National Identity: History, Landscape, Citizens (1840-80) 164
Chapter 6 From the Porfiriato to the Revolution (1880-1920) 198
Chapter 7 From Revolution to Renaissance (1920-34) 234
Chapter 8 Political Traumas and Personal Dreams (1934-46) 278
Chapter 9 Construction and Rebellion (1946-68) 312
Chapter 10 From the Olympics to Neo-Mexicanism (1968-94) 350
Chapter 11 Contemporary Issues: Art in Mexico since 1990 388
Timeline 410
Bibliographical Essay 411
Sources of Quotations 419
List of Illustrations 420
Acknowledgments 426
Index 427