Abstract

ESCANDON, Patricia. La cultura barroca en Indias: la visión de Mariano Picón Salas. Latinoamérica [online]. 2006, n.42, pp.35-49. ISSN 2448-6914.

In this essay, the author explores some of the arguments of Venezuelan historian Mariano Picón Salas regarding the Hispanic American baroque culture, especially its socials manifestations and artistic creations. The author stresses the hybrid or mixed character of the so called “baroque style or spirit” as well as the Latin American societies themselves.

Keywords : Cultural history; Baroque; Spain and Latin America during the seventeenth century.