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Santos: Enduring Images of Northern New Mexican Village Churches
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cash, Marie Romero, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Santos (Art)--New Mexico.
- Santos (Art).
- Art, Spanish colonial--New Mexico.
- Art, Spanish colonial.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (306 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] University Press of Colorado 2003
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Richly illustrated with examples of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art from northern New Mexico's village churches, Santos is an in-depth investigation into the artistic heritage of the New Mexican santero (saint maker). It is also an important study of northern New Mexican artisans and their craft. Along with photographer Jack Parsons, Marie Romero Cash visited every church in the region and documented, identified, and measured each santos. Together they photographed more than 500 pieces, including 19 moradas (places of worship for Penitentes) and the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Collection housed at the Museum of International Folk Art. Cash's extensive research into these formerly "anonymous" artisans fills a gap in the study of this unique form, making Santos indispensable for art historians and the general reader interested in the culture and art of the American Southwest.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- The Colonization of New Mexico
- The Art of the Santero
- The Early Santero and His Role in the Churches
- The Classic Golden Age of the Santero
- The Late Period of the Santero
- Paintings on Hide, Canvas, and Paper
- Santos in Churches and Collections Today
- Art Restoration at Holy Cross Church in Santa Cruz
- Native Materials and Methods Used by the Santero
- The 1776 Dominguez Survey and the 1987 Santos Survey
- The Confraternities in New Mexico Before and During the Santero Period
- List of Images in the 1987 Santos Survey
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 9781607321170
- 1607321173
- OCLC:
- 912317833
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