In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Harvard student tour guide Brandon Calderón explores how Hispanic art emerged from a mixture of violent Spanish colonization and the resistance of Indigenous traditions and testimony. Starting with Indigenous pottery from the Moche civilization of ancient Peru and ending with a 17th-century carved crucifix likely from the colonial Spanish Philippines, Calderón will stress the agency of “New World artists” and how they worked within and against the Spanish Empire.
SPEAKERS:
+ Brandon Calderón, Harvard Class of 2023, Ho Family Student Guide Program at the Harvard Art Museums;
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction with Isabel Ardo
01:34 Introduction with Brandon Calderón
03:00 Hybridity & Cultural Exchange in Hispanic Art
04:17 Portrait Head Stirrup Spout Bottle, Moche (Peru), 5-6th century.
12:32 Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, "King Philip III of Spain," c. 1605.
16:33 Conservation treatment of "King Philip III of Spain" painting
18:28 Close looking of "King Philip III of Spain"
25:32 Cuzco Painter (Peru), "Saint Rose of Lima," 18th century.
27:04 Cuzco Painter (Peru), "Mama Ocllo," 19th century.
30:09 "Crucified Christ," Ivory sculpture, 1600-1650.
40:20 Q&A
41:42 Closing Remarks with Isabel
The Ho Family Student Guide Program at the Harvard Art Museums trains students to develop original, research-based tours of the collections. These tours, designed and led by Harvard undergraduates from a range of academic disciplines, focus on objects chosen by each Student Guide and offer a unique, thematic view into the collections.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK:
+ Explore the exhibition "From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire:" harvardartmuseums.org/exhibit...
+ Portrait head Stirrup-spout bottle, Moche (Peru), 5-6th c. Painted Terracotta. Peabody Museum, 16-62-30/F729. collections.peabody.harvard.e...
+ Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (Spain),"King Philip III of Spain," c. 1605. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums, 1922.73. hvrd.art/o/231806
+ Unidentified artist (Cuzco, Peru), "Saint Rose of Lima," 18th century. Oil on canvas. Loan from Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma, TL42095.2. hvrd.art/o/364390
+ Unidentified artist (Cuzco, Peru), "Mama Ocllo," 19th century. Oil on canvas. Loan from Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma, TL42095.1. hvrd.art/o/364389
+ Unidentified artist (colonial Spanish Philippines), "Crucified Christ (Carved Crucifix)," 1600-1650. Ivory with traces of guilding. Harvard Art Museums, 1943.1082. hvrd.art/o/230121
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