Mexico and the Mexicans
Mexico and the Mexicans (Spanish: México y los mexicanos) is a 1855 monograph by Carl Christian Sartorius, illustrated by Juan Moritz Rugendas. It is considered part of the costumbristo movement, for its romanticized realist depictions of nineteenth-century Mexican country life. [1][2][3]
Sartorius' work was inspired by that of the Prussian naturalist and geographer Alexander Von Humboldt, whose travels and documentation of Latin America and Mexico were among the first 'scientific' European explorations of what was then known as New Spain.[3]
Mexico and the Mexicans narrates the conditions of life for different social classes in cities such as Mexico, Córdoba, and Jalapa. In preparation for publication, the illustrator Moritz Rugendas made nearly 1,400 detailed illustrations, paintings, and diagrams of the materials covered in the book; Sartorius ultimately included only 18 in the final publication.[3]
Referencias
- ^ Medina, Juan Antonio Ortega y (1987-01-01). Zaguán abierto al México republicano: 1820-1830 (in Spanish). UNAM. ISBN 9789688379707.
- ^ Baez, Rodrigo Antonio Vega y Ortega (2010-01-01). "Los establecimientos científicos de la ciudad de México vistos por viajeros, 1821-1855". Araucaria. Revista Iberoamericana de Filosofía, Política y Humanidades (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ^ a b c Ramírez, Rodolfo Rodríguez (2013-01-01). "Atisbo historiográfico de la literatura viajera decimonónica en México". Trashumante: Revista Americana de Historia Social (1): 114–136.