"First-rate. . . . This book is excellent for both the general public and the general scholarly audience. . . . Lively, lucid prose."--Janet Catherine Berlo, University of Missouri, St. Louis

"Provides concise art historical analysis of works of art that have never been subjected to such analysis before. . . joining the best from old classics and the latest scholarship in the field. It's a huge task and O'Connor has done it well."--Amelia M. Trevelyan, Gettysburg College

When Columbus arrived on the shores of Hispaniola, a rich and complex civilization already existed that...