A lively account of the interaction between European and indigenous artists that took place during more than 300 years of Spanish and Portuguese colonial influence in Latin America ( c .14921820). The book offers a fascinating insight into viceregal, missionary and civic architecture, as well as painting, sculpture and such minor arts as furniture, textiles and ceramics. This is a longawaited book on an increasingly popular subject and includes many previously unillustrated works

Gauvin Alexander Bailey is Associate Professor of Art History at Clark University, Massachusetts. His previous publications include Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610 , and Art on the Jesuit Missions in Asia and Latin America, 1542-1773 .