TY - JOUR
T1 - The tree of Jesse and the "Relación de Michoacán"
T2 - Mimicry in colonial Mexico
AU - Afanador-Pujol, Angélica J.
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - When the Spanish viceroy Antonio de Mendoza first visited Michoacán, Mexico (about 1539), he commissioned a Franciscan friar to record the indigenous customs of the region. The friar, together with local native nobles and artists, produced the illustrated manuscript known as the "Relación de Michoacán." One of these indigenous artists transformed the European Tree of Jesse, a motif depicting Christ's genealogy, to represent the local indigenous noble family. Such an act of mimicry and appropriation allowed the artist to represent the native nobles as the rightful rulers of Michoacán and to communicate this conviction to the manuscript's colonial audience.
AB - When the Spanish viceroy Antonio de Mendoza first visited Michoacán, Mexico (about 1539), he commissioned a Franciscan friar to record the indigenous customs of the region. The friar, together with local native nobles and artists, produced the illustrated manuscript known as the "Relación de Michoacán." One of these indigenous artists transformed the European Tree of Jesse, a motif depicting Christ's genealogy, to represent the local indigenous noble family. Such an act of mimicry and appropriation allowed the artist to represent the native nobles as the rightful rulers of Michoacán and to communicate this conviction to the manuscript's colonial audience.
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U2 - 10.1080/00043079.2010.10786115
DO - 10.1080/00043079.2010.10786115
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:78650439388
SN - 0004-3079
VL - 92
SP - 293
EP - 307
JO - Art Bulletin
JF - Art Bulletin
IS - 4
ER -