The Metropolis in Latin America

This project interrogates the rapid growth of Latin American cities from 1830 to 1930, observing how socio-political changes and upheavals created conditions for the emergence of the metropolis. It surveys the Getty Research Institute’s collections of maps, prints, photographs, paintings, books, travelogues, and film clips from the period. A central focus is how six capitals—Buenos Aires, Havana, Lima, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, and Santiago de Chile—transitioned from colonial centers to monumental republican cities.