Keywords
Ethnography
Colombia
XIX Century
New Grenada Botanical Expedition
Juan Francisco Mancera
Colombia
XIX Century
New Grenada Botanical Expedition
Juan Francisco Mancera
How to Cite
AN INTERESTING ETHNOGRAPHIC COLLECTION. (2024). Revista De La Academia Colombiana De Ciencias Exactas, Físicas Y Naturales, 22(82), 69-100. https://doi.org/10.18257/raccefyn.22(82).1998.2877
Abstract
An important collection of 12 folkloric water colors done by Juan Francisco Mancera, a painter native to Soatá, Boyacá, who learned water color techniques as an illustrator of the Royal Botanical Expedition ofthe New Kingdom ofGranada (1783-1816) from which he retired in 1811. Commentaries are given relative to the origin of the miniaturism and the caricature in Colombia, as well as Mancera's artistic training, his techniques, his composition, and content of his paintings.
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