Blanton Museum of Art presents "Building the Spanish Americas: from Classical Architecture to the Bohío"
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Unknown Artist, "The Construction of the Towel of Babel," Perú, ca. 1770, oil on canvas, Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase, 2018
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A massive stone cathedral conveying political and economic power. A palm-thatched single-family home providing agency to the working-class. Dr. Luis Javier Cuesta and Dr. Paul Neill will discuss how these contrasting types of buildings are key to understanding the complexities of colonial Latin America’s built environment.
