Department of History of Art & Visual Studies Findley Lecture Series.

Join us for a talk by Emily Floyd, (Associate Professor, University College London).

This Findley Lecture will take place in Goldwin Smith Hall G22.

Abstract:
The “stylized,” “generic,” or “idealized” nature of the faces and, to a lesser degree, bodies depicted in colonial Cuzco-school paintings (ca. 1650-1750) is widely recognized by scholars and often cited as a defining feature of the style. What is rarely acknowledged, however, is the origins of these “ideal” faces and bodies in imported European models. This talk argues for the importance of recognizing the foundation of the Cuzco school ideal face and body in European sources which both shaped the depiction of the diverse inhabitants of colonial Cuzco ...