The New World Discovers Asia
Within decades of the ‘discovery’ of America by Spain in 1492, goods from Asia traversed the globe via Spanish and Portuguese traders. The Americas became a major destination for Asian objects and Mexico became an international hub of commerce. The impact of the importation of these goods was immediate and widespread, both among the European colonizers and the indigenous populations, who readily adapted their own artistic traditions to the new fashion for Asian imports.
‘Made in the Americas’ is the first large-scale, Pan-American exhibition to examine the profound influence of Asia on the arts of the colonial Americas. Featuring nearly 100 of the most extraordinary objects produced in the colonies, this exhibition explores the rich, complex story of how craftsmen throughout the hemisphere adapted Asian styles in a range of materials—from furniture to silverwork, textiles, ceramics, and painting. Read more.
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Southern Barbarians Come to Trade (c. 1600), Kano Naizen, Japanese. Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Nicholas Boylston (c. 1769), John Singleton Copley, Boston, Massachusetts Bequest of David P. Kimball. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
08.-Plate-with-the-arms-of-García-Hurtado-de-Mendoza-y-Manrique-and-Teresa-de-Castro-y-de-la-Cueva Plate with the arms of García Hurtado de Mendoza y Manrique and Teresa de Castro y de la Cueva (1588-93) Thomas Lurie Collection. Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Wedding at Cana (1693), Nicolás Correa. The Hispanic Society of America. Image courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
16.-Teapot Teapot, (c. 1730-35), Jacob Hurd, Boston Massachusetts. Gift of William Storer Eaton in the name of Miss Georgiana G. Eaton. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
11.-Portable-writing-desk_The-Hispanic-Society-of-America Portable writing desk (c. 1684). The Hispanic Society of America. Image courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Cover (late 17th to early 18th century), Peru. Denman Waldo Ross Collection. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
13.-Wide-bed-curtain Wide bed curtain (Lowell family set) (c. 1725) Gift of Miss Ellen W. Coolidge. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
18.-High-Chest-of-Drawers High Chest of Drawers (1730-40) Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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