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Book Mexico in Pictures

Download or read book Mexico in Pictures written by Janice Hamilton and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical and current look at Mexico, discussing the land, the government, the people, and the economy.

Book Mexico  a Photographic History

Download or read book Mexico a Photographic History written by Rosa Casanova and published by RM+Conaculta. This book was released on 2007 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three decades after its foundation the National Photo Library is published the first large catalog of its collection. The volumeprovides an overview of the art of photography in Mexico and showcases one of the most important Latin American collections,irreplaceable testimony of more than 130 years of social history, political, cultural, artistic, scientific and economic life. Includes brief descriptions and large samples of funds Fototecamost interesting: the Mexican past and their indigenous heritage,the pioneer photographers of the nineteenth century, theCasasola collection, the photographs of Guillermo Kahlo's colonial architecture, records of Modotti, Brehme, Lopez andmany more. This book, bound in cloth and with the title stampedin gold letters, is a useful compendium to several researchers, as well as an endless source of delight for lovers of photography.

Book Phyllis Galembo

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  • Author : Phyllis Galembo
  • Publisher : Radius Books/D.A.P.
  • Release : 2019-04-25
  • ISBN : 9781942185574
  • Pages : 196 pages

Download or read book Phyllis Galembo written by Phyllis Galembo and published by Radius Books/D.A.P.. This book was released on 2019-04-25 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A showcase of Phyllis Galembo's extraordinary photographs of the costume, ritual and traditions of masquerade Mexico Phyllis Galembo has travelled all over the globe to sites of ritual masquerade. In Africa, the Caribbean, and now Mexico, she captures cultural performances with a subterranean political edge. Using a direct, unaffected portrait style, Galembo captures her subjects informally posed but often strikingly attired in traditional or ritualistic dress. Attuned to a moment's collision of past, present and future, Galembo finds the timeless elegance and dignity of her subjects. Masking is a complex, mysterious, and profound tradition in which the participants transcend the physical world and enter the spiritual realm. In her vibrant images, Galembo exposes an ornate code of political, artistic, theatrical, social and religious symbolism and commentary. Galembo highlights the creativity of the individuals morphing into a fantastical representation of themselves, having cobbled together materials gathered from the immediate environment to idealize their vision of mythical figures. While still pronounced in their personal identity, the subject's intentions are rooted in the larger dynamics of religious, political and cultural affiliation. Establishing these connections is a hallmark of Galembo's work.

Book Images at War

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  • Author : Serge Gruzinski
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2001-06-08
  • ISBN : 9780822326434
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book Images at War written by Serge Gruzinski and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVExplores Mexico and its romance with the image as well as othe issues of Spanish colonialism./div

Book Romantic Mexico  the Image and the Realities

Download or read book Romantic Mexico the Image and the Realities written by Boye De Mente and published by Cultural-Insight Books. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful guide provides an in-depth look at the history of male-female relations in Mexico; at how Indian, Moorish and Spanish influences molded the character of present-day Mexicans, and how these influences continue to play a role in sexual moral-ity, courting and marriage in Mexico. It covers the origins of the machismo cult, the smoldering pas-sions of men and women, the extraordinary romantic nature of Mexicans, the violent element in love, sex and marriage, visitors looking for romance in Mexico.and more! There are also some choice aphrodisiacs, including one that is known as "Raise the Dead!"

Book Image of Mexico

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1978
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Image of Mexico written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Human Tradition in Mexico

Download or read book The Human Tradition in Mexico written by Jeffrey M. Pilcher and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Book A Revolution in Movement

Download or read book A Revolution in Movement written by K. Mitchell Snow and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A Revolution in Movement' illuminates how collaborations between dancers and painters shaped Mexico's postrevolutionary cultural identity. K. Mitchell Snow traces this relationship throughout nearly half a century of developments in Mexican dance - the emulation of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in the 1920s, the adoption of U.S.-style modern dance in the 1940s, and the creation of ballet-inspired folk dance in the 1960s. Snow describes the appearances in Mexico by Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova and Spanish concert dancer Tortóla Valencia, who helped motivate Mexico to express its own national identity through dance.

Book Image of Mexico

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  • Author : Thomas Mabry Cranfill
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1969
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 346 pages

Download or read book Image of Mexico written by Thomas Mabry Cranfill and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Images Take Flight

Download or read book Images Take Flight written by Alessandra Russo and published by Hirmer Verlag GmbH. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful catalog presents the first systematic study of feather mosaics from New Spain in the context of a broader creative exchange between Mesoamerican and European aesthetics and materials. Thirty-three scholars look at these unprecedented artworks that circulated in the sixteenth and seventeeth centuries from a range of vantage points, including art history, anthropology, collecting, natural history, archeology, and conservation. Published to complement a major international exhibition held at the National Museum of Art (MUNAL) in Mexico City in 2011, the book is organized thematically and includes over three hundred color photographs of feather mosaics with astonishing detail, as well as relevant paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings, books, European illuminated manuscripts, Mesoamerican codices, and studies of natural history. No book has ever brought together so many images of artworks from this tradition, let alone assembled a team of scholars to offer such trenchant analysis. It will be essential for art historians, scholars of colonialism, and historians of the Spanish Empire alike.

Book Images of Mexico in the United States

Download or read book Images of Mexico in the United States written by John H. Coatsworth and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Images at War

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  • Author : Serge Gruzinski
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2001-05-18
  • ISBN : 082238311X
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Images at War written by Serge Gruzinski and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2001-05-18 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIV“If colonial America was the melting pot of modernity, it was because it was also a fabulous laboratory of images. . . . Just as much as speech and writing, the image can be a vehicle for all sorts of power and resistance.” So writes Serge Gruzinski in the introduction to Images at War, his striking reinterpretation of the Spanish colonization of Mexico. Concentrating on the political meaning of the baroque image and its function within a multicultural society, Gruzinski compares its ubiquity in Mexico to our modern fascination with images and their meaning. Although the baroque image played a decisive role in many arenas, especially that of conquest and New World colonization, its powerful resonance in the sphere of religion is a focal point of Gruzinski’s study. In his analysis of how images conveyed meaning across linguistic barriers, he uncovers recurring themes of false images, less-than-perfect replicas, the uprooting of peoples and cultural memories, and the violence of iconoclastic destruction. He shows how various ethnic groups—Indians, blacks, Europeans—left their distinct marks on images of colonialism and religion, coopting them into expressions of identity or instruments of rebellion. As Gruzinski’s story unfolds, he tells of Aztec idols, the cult of the Virgin of Guadalupe, conquistadors, Franciscans, and neoclassical attempts to repress the baroque. In the final chapter he discusses the political and religious implications of contemporary imagery—such as that in Mexican soap operas—and speculates about the future of images in Latin America. Originally written in French, this work makes available to an English audience a seminal study of Mexico and the role of the image in the New World. /div

Book The Birth of Modern Mexico  1780 1824

Download or read book The Birth of Modern Mexico 1780 1824 written by Christon I. Archer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Birth of Modern Mexico, 1780-1824 investigates the roots of the Mexican Independence era from a variety of perspectives. The essays in this volume link the pre-1810 late Bourbon period to the War of Independence (1810-1821), analyze many crucial aspects of the decade of conflict, and illustrate the continuities with the first years of the independent Mexican nation. They all contribute to a nuanced view of the period: the different conceptions of legitimacy between the popular masses and the elite, the skill and importance of pro-Spanish propaganda, the process of organizing conspiracies, the survival and thriving of a mercantile family, the causes of failing mines, the role of religious thought in the supposed secular state, and differing conceptions of authority by the legislature and the executive. One of the few readable, concise books on the topic of independence, this volume probes the birth of modern Mexico in a crisply written style that is sure to appeal to historians and students of Mexican history.

Book Mexico

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  • Author : Amelia Boman
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-01-16
  • ISBN : 9781661862619
  • Pages : 34 pages

Download or read book Mexico written by Amelia Boman and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy the beautiful curated photographs (in color) of Mexico The photos captures the quintessential stunning landmarks, scenery and architectural buildings of the country and city from day to night without no words (texts) This full page picture book will make a great home coffee table decor accessory or as a gift for a loved one 8.5" x 11" / large size Glossy softcover

Book History of Mexico

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  • Author : Hubert Howe Bancroft
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1883
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 824 pages

Download or read book History of Mexico written by Hubert Howe Bancroft and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book National Camera

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  • Author : Roberto Tejada
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 0816660816
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book National Camera written by Roberto Tejada and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author offers a comprehensive study of Mexican photography from the early twentieth century to today, demonstrating how images have shaped identities in Mexico, the United States, and in the borderlands where the two nations and cultures intersect-the shared image environment. Cross-cultural expisodes that are contradictory, especially in terms of cultural and sexual difference are discussed. Analyzing such topics as territory, sexuality, and social and ethnic relations in image making, the author traces the connective thread that photography has provided between Mexican and U.S. American intellectual and cultural production, and in doing so, defines both nations.==Back cover.

Book Mammals of Mexico

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  • Author : Gerardo Ceballos
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Release : 2014-01-15
  • ISBN : 1421408791
  • Pages : 976 pages

Download or read book Mammals of Mexico written by Gerardo Ceballos and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive reference on Mexico's diverse mammalian fauna. Mammals of Mexico is the first reference book in English on the more than 500 types of mammal species found in the diverse Mexican habitats, which range from the Sonoran Desert to the Chiapas cloud forests. The authoritative species accounts are written by a Who’s Who of experts compiled by famed mammalogist and conservationist Gerardo Ceballos. Ten years in the making, Mammals of Mexico covers everything from obscure rodents to whales, bats, primates, and wolves. It is thoroughly illustrated with color photographs and meticulous artistic renderings, as well as range maps for each species. Introductory chapters discuss biogeography, conservation, and evolution. The final section of the book illustrates the skulls, jaws, and tracks of Mexico’s mammals. This unparalleled collection of scientific information on, and photographs of, Mexican wildlife belongs on the shelf of every mammalogist, in public and academic libraries, and in the hands of anyone curious about Mexico and its wildlife.