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The curiosity of foreign artists with respect to the native inhabitants of the New World led them to formulate, through the eyes of "the other", what they believed to be the identifying characteristics of each region. Through exaggerating the traits of the original inhabitants, artists created an exotic aura around them which also served to define them. These images were propagated not only in paintings, but also lithographs and photographs, leading in time to the formation of stereotypes which neutralize the richness of the different cultures and their distinctive features. The different daily chores of the native inhabitants, specific to each different geographical setting, were depicted by the artists through linking subjects to their habitat.

Unknown
Alegoría de la Nueva España
ca.1700
Map : J7
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Peter Rindisbacher
A Halfcast with his Wife and Child
ca.1825
Map : J6
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