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The Jíbaro Masquerade: Luis Paret y Alcázar's Self-Portrait of 1776

Colón Mendoza, Ilenia

Hispanic research journal, 2016-09, Vol.17 (5), p.455-467 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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The Jíbaro Masquerade: Luis Paret y Alcázar's Self-Portrait of 1776
Autor: Colón Mendoza, Ilenia
Assuntos: autorretrato ; Carlos III ; Jíbaro ; Luis Paret y Alcázar ; mascarada ; Masquerade ; Rococo ; Self-Portrait
É parte de: Hispanic research journal, 2016-09, Vol.17 (5), p.455-467
Descrição: Luis Paret y Alcázar' Self-Portrait of 1776 shows the Spanish artist standing before the tranquil yet rugged Puerto Rican landscape dressed as a local peasant or jíbaro. Wearing a white shirt, striped pants, and flowered hat, he carries a bunch of plantains and a machete. The artist constructs a vision of himself as a Puerto Rican peasant, the jíbaro. The use of the jíbaro's attire by Paret y Alcázar can be understood within the context of the carnivalesque in which the upper-class masqueraded as peasants. The painting also reveals the intellectual elite's appropriation and subsequent adoption of the jíbaro as cultural symbol. The work was produced after Paret y Alcázar's removal from the Spanish court of Carlos III and his exile to the island of Puerto Rico from 1775 to 1778. The self-portrait, later sent to the Bourbon monarchy as a gift, was pivotal in securing not only the painter's return to the Spanish court but also the continued success of his professional career by communicating important cultural and political implications.
Editor: Routledge
Idioma: Espanhol;Inglês

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