Imagining the Conquest of Mexico: Kevin Terraciano Explores the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire

This event occurred on March 12, 2014.

In the first part of this two-part lecture series at the Getty Research Institute, UCLA professor Kevin Terraciano explores how the Spanish Conquest of 16th-century Aztec Mexico was documented visually in books and prints, comparing the divergent Indigenous and Spanish accounts.

In conjunction with the exhibition “Connecting Seas: A Visual History of Discoveries and Encounters,” this lecture series documents how people have crossed seas to discover other cultures, from 16th-century Aztec Mexico to the 19th-century Belgian Congo. Internationally renowned scholars Kevin Terraciano and Adam Hochschild elucidate how historic moments of cultural encounter and colonial exploitation were captured visually in books, prints, and photographs. Learn more about the event series: https://www.getty.edu/research/exhibi...

Watch the second part of this series:    • "Object of Plunder: The Congo through the ...  

"Connecting Seas" is on view at the Getty Research Institute from December 7, 2013, through April 13, 2014. https://www.getty.edu/research/exhibi...

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