En este artículo se analiza el color azul en ocho mantos de la Virgen pintados en obra novohispana de los siglos xvi y xvii. Se estudian los distintos pigmentos azules de la paleta novohispana y se aborda el tema de…

The article views the peculiar imaginary of Creole patriotism—and the role of myth and prophecy in the elaboration of this discourse—in the context of the role played by images as agents of memory and legitimation, from the colonial world to…

A personal contretemps affecting the early years of Father Francisco Xavier Clavijero’s intellectual life—the harassment of the censors—helps to explain the function and specific features of the cult of St. John Nepomucene in New Spain. In the third decade of…