The Mexican Mural Renaissance, 1920-1925This is the first book-length study of the Early Colonial manuscript painting of Mexico - a fusion of the arts of Pre-Conquest America and fifteenth-century Spain. Former studies, mainly in the hands of anthropologists and historians , have been limited by their disciplines. This book says in effect that the paintings are works of art worthy to stand beside the jades and terra cottas now so sought after by collectors. The definitions of the styles of the various Colonial schools are demonstrations of survival of Pre-Conquest schools and artistic attitudes and thus suggest directions that investigations may take into the Pre-Conquest styles of other arts. - from back cover. |
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Indian Roots I | 1 |
Text figures I II Spearmen in battle detail from a mural ca 13th c Tem ple of the Tigers Chichen Itzá Tracing by Jean Charlot | 5 |
Colonial Roots | 14 |
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