I typically assign this reading for homework and have the students bring their responses, notes, and questions to class, this way they arrive prepared and ready to engage with the material at a deeper and more critical level:
Read
https://smarthistory.org/reframing-art-history/colonial-andes-viceroyalty-of-peru/
Answer these questions as you read:
- How would you describe the codification of space in colonial Peru?
- What role did the religious image play in the evangelization of Peru?
- What are some of the different places where we can see the agency and presence of indigenous people within the colonial centuries?
- How did portraiture reinforce, construct, and record identity and status in the colonial Andes?
