Prospero Carbonell

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Prospero Carbonell’s research focuses on the intersections of art, colonialism, and material culture in the Iberian world, with particular attention to the visual and cultural exchanges between Europe, the Americas, and Asia. His work investigates the use of heraldry and visual rhetoric in colonial power dynamics, as well as the adaptation of European artistic forms in non-European contexts.

Research Keywords

• Early modern Iberian American art
• Colonial art
• Postcolonial theory
• Global art history
• Representations of nature
• Latin American art
• Andes and Amazon transregional studies
• Early modern to nineteenth-century Latin America

Research Specialties

Próspero Carbonell specializes in early modern Iberian American art, with a focus on the intersection of colonial and postcolonial theory. His work emphasizes global art history, particularly the visual and cultural exchanges between Europe and the Americas. He has a specific interest in representations of nature from the early modern period to the nineteenth century, focusing on the Andes and Amazon as transregional areas. His research explores how artistic forms and symbols, such as heraldry, adapted in colonial contexts to reflect shifting power dynamics.