The Art of Allegiance explores the ways in which Spanish
imperial authority was manifested in a compelling system of
representation for the subjects of New Spain during the seventeenth
century. Michael Schreffler identifies and analyzes a corpus of
"source" material--paintings, maps, buildings, and texts--produced
in and around Mexico City that addresses themes of kingly presence
and authority as well as obedience, loyalty, and allegiance to the
crown.
The Art of Allegiance opens with a discussion of the royal
palace in Mexico City, now destroyed but known through a number of
images, and then moves on to consider its interior decoration,
particularly the Hall of Royal Accord and the numerous portraits of
royalty and government officials displayed in the palace.
Subsequent chapters examine images in which the conquest of Mexico
is depicted, maps showing New Spain's relationship to Spain and the
larger world, and the restructuring of space in and through
imperial rule. Although the book focuses on material from the reign
of Charles II (1665-1700), it sheds light on the wider development
of cultural politics in the Spanish colonial world.
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