De Los Talles, Estatvras De Los Hombres Y Mugeres · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: De Los Talles, Estatvras De Los Hombres Y Mugeres
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; West Indies; South America
Description: This image is illustrated in a chapter that discusses and criticizes the government and society in Spanish conquered Peru. This image depicts a man making an obscene gesture with his right hand and holding his sword hilt with his left. The woman on the right is holding a rose as she looks at the man. The author spends this part of the chapter describing the height and size of men and women and how their personalities are affected by their size. He describes overweight individuals to be lazy and lack judgement, while people with a good build and good face with large eyes are hard-working and charitable.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23371
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles; Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_23371_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Colonialism; Colonization; Indigenous Peoples; Spaniards