El “gran mapa de la humanidad” y las Bellas Artes prehispánicas durante la Ilustración

Abstract

Starting by some of the concerns that were considered in the Age of the Enlightenment, we annalize Creoles and Spaniards´ proposals to the knowledge of the Pre- Columbian antiquities and fine arts between the end of the 18^th century and the beginning of the 19^th century. We will verify that, during this period, fine arts started to be considered a reflection of a society´s attaintments. As a result, they became an unavoidable component in the placing that a civilization occupied in what contemporaneously was called “the Great Map of Mankind”.