Monumentos funerarios del Cementerio del Saucito, San Luis Potosí, 1889-1916
By: David Eduardo Vázquez Salguero y Adriana Corral Bustos.
Contributors: Corral Bustos, Adriana.
Edition: 1a ed.
Series: Colección Investigaciones; Colección Investigaciones (San Luis Potosí, Mexico)
Publisher: El Colegio de San Luis; Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes
Published: 2004
Place of publication: México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9789687727974
Subjects: Cementerio del Saucito (San Luis Potosí, Mexico); Sepulchral monuments -- Mexico -- San Luis Potosí.; Symbolism in art -- Mexico -- San Luis Potosí.; Mexicans -- Funeral customs and rites -- Mexico -- San Luis Potosí.
Description: A scholarly study of cultural and religious attitudes and death in 1900 San Luis Potosi, with focus on cemetery monuments. Includes the socialization of death, construction, sculptors, the influence of changing architecture and the symbolism of figures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-285).