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This dissertation examines the uses and meanings of the so-called Mudéjar aesthetic in sixteenth century New Spain (colonial Mexico). Its focus on the luxury arts, especially on cloth, clothing, and ceramics, offers a shift from the traditional focus on architectural history to …

This dissertation focuses on the Casa de Montejo (c. 1542-1549), its residents, those who came in contact with the building on the local level of Mérida, Yucatán, and those who confronted what it represented in the larger colonial context in which it existed. The casa, commissio…