Un nuevo arte en movimiento para la ostentación social: los primeros coches novohispanos y las ordenanzas del gremio de carroceros de la ciudad de México de 1706
Coach building in New Spain, whose origins go back to the sixteenth century, has antecedents both in wagon making—going back to the Conquest itself—and in the arrival, later in the same century, of the first horse-drawn carriages, which signaled the generalization of their use beyond the confines of...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.atenea.esteticas.unam.mx:article/2427 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.analesiie.unam.mx/index.php/analesiie/article/view/2427 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | ordenanzas gremio de carroceros ciudad de México ordinances guild of coach-builders |
| Sumario: | Coach building in New Spain, whose origins go back to the sixteenth century, has antecedents both in wagon making—going back to the Conquest itself—and in the arrival, later in the same century, of the first horse-drawn carriages, which signaled the generalization of their use beyond the confines of Europe. There was little delay in efforts to manufacture such items in New Spain too, and the industry was further developed and institutionalized during the following century, in parallel with developments in the Metropolis. Thus the demand of social elites for a new kind of art form serving to proclaim ostentatiously their political, economic and social preeminence was satisfied. In order to attend to the enormous demand for coaches and to systematize the trade, a guild of coach builders was formed as an excision of Mexico City’s guild of carpenters. The guild’s first ordinances are analyzed here in comparison with their Spanish equivalents with the aim of helping appreciate their significance. |
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