Heaven, hell, and everything in between
Subtitle: murals of the colonial Andes
By: Ananda Cohen Suarez
Edition: First edition.
Series: Recovering languages and literacies of the Americas; Recovering languages and literacies of the Americas
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781477309551; 9781477309544
Subjects: Indian mural painting and decoration; Art; Art and society; Indians of South America; Antiquities; Religion; Colonies; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259)  and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The painted walls of the Andes : chronology, techniques, and meanings; title: The road to hell is paved with flowers : journeys to the afterlife at the church of Andahuaylillas; title: Clothing the architectonic body : textile murals of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; title: Turning the Jordan river into a pacarina : murals of the baptism of Christ at the churches of Urcos and Pitumarca; title: Earthly violence/divine justice : Tadeo Escalante's urals at the church of Huaro; title: Conclusion.