Mexican folk retablos : masterpieces on tin
Giffords, Gloria Fraser
Mexican folk retablos : masterpieces on tin / Gloria Fraser Giffords - Tucson, AR : University of Arizona Press , 1979 - 160 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The first part of the book is given to an analysis of folk retablo painting. The second part concentrates on iconography and on why certain images of Christ, Mary, and the saints were venerated. The third part examines ex-votos, small images painted to commemorate the donor's gratitude for a favor.
English.
0816503222
Paintings
Folk Art---Mexico
Votive offerings
704.48 GIF
Mexican folk retablos : masterpieces on tin / Gloria Fraser Giffords - Tucson, AR : University of Arizona Press , 1979 - 160 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The first part of the book is given to an analysis of folk retablo painting. The second part concentrates on iconography and on why certain images of Christ, Mary, and the saints were venerated. The third part examines ex-votos, small images painted to commemorate the donor's gratitude for a favor.
English.
0816503222
Paintings
Folk Art---Mexico
Votive offerings
704.48 GIF
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