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Book Hecho en Tejas

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joe S. Graham
  • Publisher : University of North Texas Press
  • Release : 1997-04
  • ISBN : 9781574410389
  • Pages : 380 pages

Download or read book Hecho en Tejas written by Joe S. Graham and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the early Spanish and Mexican colonists came to settle Texas, they brought with them a rich culture, the diversity of which is nowhere more evident than in the folk art and folk craft. This first book-length publication to focus on Texas-Mexican material culture shows the richness of Tejano folk arts and crafts traditions.

Book Mexican Figural Ceramists and Their Works

Download or read book Mexican Figural Ceramists and Their Works written by Lenore Hoag Mulryan and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Women in Mexican Folk Art

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  • Author : Eli Bartra
  • Publisher : University of Wales Press
  • Release : 2013-12-15
  • ISBN : 1783160756
  • Pages : 233 pages

Download or read book Women in Mexican Folk Art written by Eli Bartra and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2013-12-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to engender Mexican folk art and locate women at its centre by studying the processes of creation, distribution, and consumption, as well as examining iconographic aspects, and elements of class and ethnicity, from the perspective of gender. The author will demonstrate that the topic provides unique insights into Mexican culture, and has enormous relevance within and without the country, given the fact that much folk art is made for the United States and Europe, either in terms of the tourists who buy it on coming to Mexico, or that which is exported.

Book Folk Treasures of Mexico

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  • Author : Marion Oettinger, Jr.
  • Publisher : Arte Publico Press
  • Release : 2010-01-01
  • ISBN : 161192149X
  • Pages : 233 pages

Download or read book Folk Treasures of Mexico written by Marion Oettinger, Jr. and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his foreword, former New York governor and vice president of the United States Nelson A. Rockefeller remembers his first trip to Mexico in 1933 and his subsequent, life-long fascination with the Mexican people and their popular art. Rockefeller's collection of more than 3,000 pieces of Mexican folk art is widely considered to be the most exceptional in the U.S., and Folk Treasures of Mexico celebrates these icons, created from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, with more than 150 photos of the pieces, many of which are quite rare. This updated edition of the long out-of-print book focusing on this stunning collection of Mexican folk art contains a new foreword by Rockefeller's daughter, Ann Rockefeller Roberts, and a new prologue by Marion Oettinger, Jr., the director of the San Antonio Museum of Art, who wrote the principal text about the collection. Oettinger describes the objects according to function: utilitarian, ceremonial, decorative, or for play. Among the many noteworthy objects are a wooden-carved centurion helmet mask from the eighteenth century depicting a Roman guard, which is one of the few remaining masks of this type in existence, and a nineteenth century ceramic pitcher from Oaxaca that combines many stylistic techniques. Other objects include a variety of children's toys, clothing, and items for eating and drinking. First published in 1990, the book also contains the original preface by Rockefeller's daughter, who was instrumental in finding permanent homes for her father's collection, which can now be found in the San Antonio Museum of Art and the Mexican Museum in San Francisco. Including a glossary, bibliography, and chronology, Folk Treasures of Mexico is a must-read for anyone interested in Latin American art, culture, and history.

Book Oaxacan Ceramics

Download or read book Oaxacan Ceramics written by Lois Wasserspring and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Though their work is informed by a shared sense of culture, place, and identity as women, each artist has her own unique style, source of inspiration, and approach to her craft. Daily life and flights of fancy, spiritual devotion and earthly concerns all find expression in these finely crafted and beautifully colored ceramic marvels, including street scenes and nativities, Virgins and Zapotec creatures, vases, plates, candleholders, and figures of Frida Kahlo."--BOOK JACKET.

Book The Nelson A  Rockefeller Collection of Mexican Folk Art

Download or read book The Nelson A Rockefeller Collection of Mexican Folk Art written by Mexican Museum and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1986 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Masks of the Spirit

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  • Author : Peter T. Markman
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1989-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780520064188
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Masks of the Spirit written by Peter T. Markman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on secondary works in archaeology, art history, folklore, ethnohistory, ethnography, and literature, the authors maintain that the mask is the central metaphor for the Mesoamerican concept of spiritual reality. Covers the long history of the use of the ritual mask by the peoples who created and developed the mythological tradition of Mesoamerica. Chapters: (1) the metaphor of the mask in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica: the mask as the God, in ritual, and as metaphor; (II) metaphoric reflections of the cosmic order; and (III) the metaphor of the mask after the conquest: syncretism; the Pre-Columbian survivals; the syncretic compromise; and today's masks. Over 100 color and black-&-white photos.

Book A Guide to Mexican Ceramics

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  • Author : Florencia Müller
  • Publisher : Ocelot Press (Claremont, CA)
  • Release : 1974
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book A Guide to Mexican Ceramics written by Florencia Müller and published by Ocelot Press (Claremont, CA). This book was released on 1974 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Crafting Gender

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  • Author : Eli Bartra
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2003-10-01
  • ISBN : 0822384876
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Crafting Gender written by Eli Bartra and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume initiates a gender-based framework for analyzing the folk art of Latin America and the Caribbean. Defined here broadly as the "art of the people" and as having a primarily decorative, rather than utilitarian, purpose, folk art is not solely the province of women, but folk art by women in Latin America has received little sustained attention. Crafting Gender begins to redress this gap in scholarship. From a feminist perspective, the contributors examine not only twentieth-century and contemporary art by women, but also its production, distribution, and consumption. Exploring the roles of women as artists and consumers in specific cultural contexts, they look at a range of artistic forms across Latin America, including Panamanian molas (blouses), Andean weavings, Mexican ceramics, and Mayan hipiles (dresses). Art historians, anthropologists, and sociologists from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States discuss artwork from Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Suriname, and Puerto Rico, and many of their essays focus on indigenous artists. They highlight the complex webs of social relations from which folk art emerges. For instance, while several pieces describe the similar creative and technical processes of indigenous pottery-making communities of the Amazon and of mestiza potters in Mexico and Colombia, they also reveal the widely varying functions of the ceramics and meanings of the iconography. Integrating the social, historical, political, geographical, and economic factors that shape folk art in Latin America and the Caribbean, Crafting Gender sheds much-needed light on a rich body of art and the women who create it. Contributors Eli Bartra Ronald J. Duncan Dolores Juliano Betty LaDuke Lourdes Rejón Patrón Sally Price María de Jesús Rodríguez-Shadow Mari Lyn Salvador Norma Valle Dorothea Scott Whitten

Book Ceramics Monthly

Download or read book Ceramics Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Folklore  Culture  and Aging

Download or read book Folklore Culture and Aging written by David P. Shuldiner and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1997-04-16 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resource guide by and about elders and the process of aging, this volume provides a list of over 1,500 references, all annotated, covering a wide range of subject areas. It is organized under such topics as Customs and Beliefs, Narratives, Traditional Arts, Health and Healing, and Applied Folklore, and is further divided into regional and topical subheadings. It also features works on methods and concepts in field research in folklore, oral history, and community studies, a chapter on general works from other fields of interest, as well as a chapter on films. The introduction offers not only a description of the nature and role of elders as creators and carriers of culture, but also a challenge to readers—reflected in the broad range of materials cited—defying both narrow conceptions of aging and the aged, and limited notions about the full scope of expressive culture addressed by folklore studies.

Book Nagual in the Garden

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  • Author : Lenore Hoag Mulryan
  • Publisher : University of California Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 168 pages

Download or read book Nagual in the Garden written by Lenore Hoag Mulryan and published by University of California Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History. This book was released on 1996 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ceramic Trees of Life

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  • Author : Lenore Hoag Mulryan
  • Publisher : University of Washington Press
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 184 pages

Download or read book Ceramic Trees of Life written by Lenore Hoag Mulryan and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavishly illustrated with stunning examples, this volume traces the Tree of Life from its pre-Colombian origins to its role as a vibrant symbol of modern Mexico

Book Con Cari  o

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  • Author : San Antonio Museum Association
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1986
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 78 pages

Download or read book Con Cari o written by San Antonio Museum Association and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mosaic Image

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  • Author : Barbara Ann Birney
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1984
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 50 pages

Download or read book The Mosaic Image written by Barbara Ann Birney and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Guide to Mexican Ceramics

Download or read book A Guide to Mexican Ceramics written by Barbara Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: