Casta (Spanish: [ˈkasta]) is a term which means "lineage" in Spanish and Portuguese and has historically been used as a racial and social identifier....

His casta paintings, depicting interracial marriage among Amerindians, Spaniards and Africans, are considered among the genre's finest. Cabrera's paintings...

has a major collection of 18th c. casta paintings, one by Miguel Cabrera, who created a set of 16 large format casta paintings. The museum's most famous...

status. Racial labels in a set of eighteenth-century Mexican casta paintings by Miguel Cabrera: De Español e India, nace Mestiza De Español y Mestiza, nace...

(indio).  The casta paintings by Miguel Cabrera (1763) show the place of the coyote in the idealized colonial racial hierarchy (sistema de castas). In colonial...

category portrayed in eighteenth-century casta paintings. In the taxonomic chart accompanying a work on casta paintings, castizo is given as "uncertain...

for his casta paintings. Born in 1713 in San Miguel de Allende, he was a contemporary of Miguel Cabrera. Both artists were important to Casta painting...

student of, or inspired by,[citation needed] Miguel Cabrera, one of the most famous casta painters. Cabrera had once defended the divinity of the Virgin of...

pronunciation: [toɾnaˈtɾas]) or tornatrás is a term used in 18th century Casta paintings to portray a mestizo or mixed-race person who showed phenotypic...

improvised darts, or wadded up paper can also be used. The pinturas de castas (casta paintings) are a rare glimpse into the daily life of ordinary people...