Author: Mary Caroline Montaño
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780826321367
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive overview of New Mexican folk arts from the 16th century to the present time.
Author: Bernard L. Fontana
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2010-09-20
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 0816544859
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It rises suddenly out of the Sonoran Desert landscape, towering over the tallest tree or cactus, a commanding building with a sensuous dome, elliptical vaults, and sturdy bell towers. There is nothing else like it around, nor does it seem there should be. This incongruity of setting is what strikes first-time visitors to Mission San Xavier del Bac. This great church is of another place and another time, while its beauty is universal and timeless. Mission San Xavier del Bac is a two-century-old Spanish church in southern Arizona located just a few miles from downtown Tucson, a metropolis of more than half a million people in the American Southwest. A National Historic Landmark since 1963, the mission’s graceful baroque art and architecture have drawn visitors from all over the world. Now Bernard Fontana—the leading expert on San Xavier—and award-winning photographer Edward McCain team up to bring us a comprehensive view of the mission as we’ve never seen it before. With 200 stunning full-color photographs and incisive text illuminating the religious, historical, and motivational context of these images, A Gift of Angels is a must-have for tourists, scholars, and other visitors to San Xavier. From its glorious architecture all the way down to the finest details of its art, Mission San Xavier del Bac is indeed a gift of angels.
Author: Phyllis S. Morgan
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780826335241
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A biography and a complete bibliography of New Mexico's leading independent historian.
Author: Donatella Della Porta
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781855673670
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The contributors to this book analyze the various forms of corruption in Western European countries, in Russia and in Japan, and assess its impact on the political and administrative system, on political parties and on standards in public life.
Author: Charles M. Carrillo
Publisher: Hudson Hills
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781555952730
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In recent years, tremendous attention has been focused on the Arts of 18th and 19th century New Mexico. This colonial period benefited from a creative and religious community that populated the region. Retablos, painted panels depicting saints worshiped in churches and private homes, were an important part of the rich culture. The Lyon Collection beautifully illustrates the breadth of Retablo painting by exmaining specific Santo's stylistic development as well as the iconography and social history of each painting. This landmarl publication will be of great use to the ongoing study of colonial southwestern art and history. 107 colour illustrations
Author: Thomas J. Steele
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780826329677
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The sacred hymns of New Mexico compiled by the expert on church literature in a handsome bilingual volume.
Author: Sobrino, Jon
Publisher:
Published: 2016-03-08
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1608336433
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Richard Kernaghan
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2009-06-12
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 0804771294
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In a valley in the eastern foothills of the central Peruvian Andes, a wealth of cocaine once flowed. From the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, this valley experienced abrupt rises in fortune, reckless corruption, and the brutality of those who sought to impress their own brand of order. When this era of cocaine came to a close, the legacy of its violence continued to mold people's perceptions of time through local storytelling practices. Coca's Gone examines the tense, depressed social terrain of Peru's Upper Huallaga Valley in the wake of a twenty-year cocaine boom. This compelling book conveys stories of the lived reality of jolted social worlds and weaves a fascinating meditation on the complex interrelationships between violence, law, and time.