Topic: survival of indigenous visual cultures after the conquest of the americas.
1. Read the following 3 essays:
George Kubler, “On the Colonial Extinction of the Motifs of Pre-Columbian Art,” in S. K. Lothrop et al., ed., Essays in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961), pp. 14-34.
Alfred Neumeyer, “The Indian Contribution to Architectural Decoration in Spanish Colonial America,” Art Bulletin XXX:2 (June 1948):104-121.
Carolyn Dean and Dana Leibsohn, “Hybridity and Its Discontents: Considering Visual Culture in Colonial Spanish America,” Colonial Latin American Review 12:1 (June 2003):5-35
George Kubler, “On the Colonial Extinction of the Motifs of Pre-Columbian Art,” in S. K. Lothrop et al., ed., Essays in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961), pp. 14-34. (course website)
Alfred Neumeyer, “The Indian Contribution to Architectural Decoration in Spanish Colonial America,” Art Bulletin XXX:2 (June 1948):104-121. (Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3047170)
Carolyn Dean and Dana Leibsohn, “Hybridity and Its Discontents: Considering Visual Culture in Colonial Spanish America,” Colonial Latin American Review 12:1 (June 2003):5-35. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10609160302341)

2. Analyze the authors’ approaches to issues related to the survival of indigenous visual cultures after the conquest of the Americas.
Possible issues to consider: attitudes toward indigenous peoples, views of European artistic traditions, various interpretations of the conquest, theories of colonialism, etc.
3. Ask yourself: What approach would you use and why?
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