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Mexican folk retablos : masterpieces on tin / Gloria Fraser Giffords

By:

Giffords, Gloria Fraser

Contributor(s):

Teiwes, Helga

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Tucson, AR : University of Arizona Press , 1979Description: 160 p. : illus. ; 24 cmISBN:

0816503222

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

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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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	704.48 GIF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		008318

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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.

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