Retratos de las Criollas: Fashioning an Identity in Eighteenth-Century Bourbon New Spain and Peru

Author

Daniel F. Ymbong, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Date of Award

5-2019

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS)

Department

Art

First Advisor

Dr. Katherine McAllen

Second Advisor

Dr. Robert Bradley

Third Advisor

Dr. Kristopher Driggers

Abstract

This master's thesis will examine the iconographies of elite Creole women in Bourbon eighteenth-century New Spain and Peru. This paper is a comparative study of the colonial regal portraits of elite Creole women with emphasis on preferences in: dress, hair, and accessories.

Much of the pictorial format is informed by European styles and decorum, that is the Spanish and Italian Renaissance in materiality. The prevailing silhouettes dictated by the French Bourbons are adapted, but strategically morphed an identity for the colonial elites, as there were different preferences for colors, accessories, and hair.

Comments

Copyright 2019 Daniel F. Ymbong. All Rights Reserved.

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Recommended Citation

Ymbong, Daniel F., "Retratos de las Criollas: Fashioning an Identity in Eighteenth-Century Bourbon New Spain and Peru" (2019). Theses and Dissertations. 535.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/etd/535