The Denver Art Museum counts among its greatest resources a world-renowned Spanish Colonial collection rich in art from all over Latin America. This lavishly illustrated volume��he first ever
devoted to the museum's Spanish Colonial collection as a whole��erves as a primer to this stellar art collection, framing it within the historical context of the early modern world and the
first era of global trade. Organized by theme rather than chronology, it features photographs of more than 100 objects from all areas of Spanish America and the southwestern United States.
Subjects discussed include, but are not limited to, the continuity of native traditions, church and mission art, hybrid art forms, regional styles, and the art of everyday life.
