Images of mestizaje
by Desiderio H. Xochitiotzin
and others

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Anonymous 18th Century Mexican caste paintings

 

Links to more pictures and articles on 18th Century paintings of Spanish American Mestizaje:

http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/CULPEPER/BAKEWELL/thinksheets/castas.html
                     Short article and links to excellent color images of a Mexican caste series

http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/~block/pics8.htm
                    Image of  a whole Mexican Caste painting

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~atlantic/weblinks.html
                    Links to various articles in English and Spanish.  Scroll down to the "Mestizaje and Castas" category

http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/laberinto/fall1997/casta1997.htm
                    One of the best and most exhaustive articles on the castas paintings (linked in the site above also)

http://www.sip.uiuc.edu/melendez/span442/CuadrosdeCastas.html
                    Various paintings, including some from South America

 

 

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Toci-Santa Ana  1971  Acrílico sobre tela  100 x 70 cm

Camaxtli-San Bernardino  1970  Acrílico sobre tela  90x70 cm

Crucifixión  1972  Óleo sobre tela 100 x 70cm

Tonacacuahuitl o el árbol del alimento  1970  Acrílico sobre tela  90 x 70 cm

Ofrenda con cazuela de mole  1971  Óleo sobre tela  100 x 70 cm