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Mexican folk retablos : revised edition / Gloria Fraser Giffords, photographs by Jerry D. Ferrin

By:

Giffords, Gloria Fraser

Contributor(s):

Ferrin, Jerry D

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Albuquerque, NM : University of New Mexico Press , 1974Description: 192 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

9780826313690

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS 704.48 GIF

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 704.48 GIF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004096

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-181) 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.

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