Maya Stanfield-Mazzi Lecture, “Clothing the Andean Church: Indigenous Textile Artistry in Colonial Peru”
Thursday, March 27, 2014; 5:30PM
180 Tappan Hall, 855 S. University, Ann Arbor
Maya Stanfield-Mazzi will discuss her current research on textiles created by indigenous artists to adorn Catholic churches in the Andean region. She will explain the main uses for such textiles within the church, and examine splendid surviving examples of works created using three basic techniques: weaving, painting or printing, and embroidery. All help illustrate the ways in which native artists contributed to the visual culture of the Catholic Church in the New World.
Maya Stanfield-Mazzi is assistant professor of art history at the University of Florida.