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Finding Caspicara : double identities, hidden figures, and the commerce of sculpture in colonial Quito /

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"Who is Caspicara? Nothing is known of Caspicara's life, and not a single sculpture has been documented as his work. Yet traditional histories laud him as a prolific Indigenous sculptor in eighteenth-century Quito who created exquisite polychrome figures and became a national artistic icon...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Webster, Susan Verdi, 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.
Subjects:
Caspicara.
Caspicara > Authorship.
Indian sculptors > Ecuador > History > 18th century > Biography.
Sculpture > 18th century > Economic aspects > Ecuador > Quito.
Sculpture > Ecuador > 18th century > Authorship.
Artist families > Ecuador > History > 18th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Inventing Caspicara
  • Painted sculpture : the paragone and division of labor in Quito
  • Caspicara in the taller
  • Bultos and body parts : the production and commerce of Quito sculpture
  • Caspicara in the archive
  • Tracking Caspicara in Popayán : Confraternities and Holy Week
  • Hidden figures : Caspicara and Quito sculpture
  • Subsidiary figures : more commissions from Quito
  • Mise en scène : sculptures in motion
  • Conclusions : Seeing Caspicara anew
  • Appendix I. Last will and testament of Juan Manuel Legarda (excerpt), 1773
  • Appendix II. Inventory of the Confraternity of Saint Peter, Popayán, 1777
  • Appendix III. Artistic commissions from Quito to Popayán, 1792-1802.