Transpacific Crossings : Art, Trade, and the Manila Galleon

For 250 years (1565–1815), the Manila Galleon transported Asian goods from the Philippines to the Americas under the rule of the Spanish Crown. Stopping in Acapulco, Mexico, the silk, fans, lacquered goods, clothes, and porcelain brought by the galleon rapidly circulated through the Americas, introducing a new visual culture that influenced objects, consumers, makers, and merchants alike. Conversely, products imported from the Americas, such as silver, indigo dye, cochineal red, chili peppers, and corn, had an enormous impact on Asia.

Eleven scholars from the United States, Mexico, and Singapore present current research on how the vast exchange of materials, techniques, and ideas between continents impacted the trajectory of art and material culture across the Pacific.

This richly illustrated book marks the twenty-third symposium volume from the Denver Art Museum’s Mayer Center for Ancient and Latin American Art.

Editors & Contributors
Edited by Jorge Rivas PÉrez, Emily Rauh Pulitzer Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Saint Louis Art Museum; Karina H. Corrigan, Deputy Chief Curator and H. A. Crosby Forbes Curator of Asian Export Art at the Peabody Essex Museum; with Kathryn Santner, Assistant Curator of Latin American Art at the Denver Art Museum
With contributions by
Karina H. Corrigan, Peabody Essex Museum
Roberto Junco, Instituto Nacional de AntropologÍa e Historia
Ronda Kasl, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Abi Lua, Michener Art Museum
Diego Javier Luis, John Hopkins University
Samuel Luterbacher, Occidental College
Margaret Connors McQuade, Museum of the City of New York
Clement Onn, Asian Civilisations Museums
Jorge Rivas PÉrez, Saint Louis Art Museum
Aldo Solano Rojas, Universidad Nacional AutÓnoma de MÉxico
Kathryn Santner, Denver Art Museum