ISBN:
9781477309544
,
9781477309551
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 274 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Blätter
,
Illustrationen (teilweise farbig)
,
24 cm
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
Recovering languages and literacies of the Americas Mellon Foundation Initiative
DDC:
751.7/3098
Keywords:
Indian mural painting and decoration
;
Indian mural painting and decoration
;
Indians of South America Antiquities
;
Indians of South America Religion
;
Art and society History
;
Art Political aspects
;
History
;
Spain Colonies
;
Anden
;
Neuspanien
;
Kirchenbau
;
Indianer
;
Wandmalerei
;
Kolonialismus
Abstract:
Introduction -- The painted walls of the Andes : chronology, techniques, and meanings -- The road to hell is paved with flowers : journeys to the afterlife at the church of Andahuaylillas -- Clothing the architectonic body : textile murals of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Turning the Jordan river into a pacarina : murals of the baptism of Christ at the churches of Urcos and Pitumarca -- Earthly violence/divine justice : Tadeo Escalante's urals at the church of Huaro -- Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
IntroductionThe painted walls of the Andes : chronology, techniques, and meanings -- The road to hell is paved with flowers : journeys to the afterlife at the church of Andahuaylillas -- Clothing the architectonic body : textile murals of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Turning the Jordan river into a pacarina : murals of the baptism of Christ at the churches of Urcos and Pitumarca -- Earthly violence/divine justice : Tadeo Escalante's urals at the church of Huaro -- Conclusion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259)
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