The Colors of the New World: Artists, Materials, and the Creation of the Florentine Codex (Getty Research Institute Council Lecture Series)
A focused study of the Florentine Codex that traces how artists and materials shaped early depictions of the Americas.
About This Book
This volume examines the creation of the Florentine Codex, a sixteenth-century manuscript documenting indigenous life in New Spain.
It highlights the collaboration between European and indigenous artists and the use of local and imported pigments.
The study situates the codex within broader histories of art, science, and cultural exchange in the early modern period.
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