Lo suntuario en la vida cotidiana del Buenos Aires virreinal
Subtitle: de lo material a lo espiritual
By: Nelly Raquel Porro Girardi, Estela Rosa Barbero.
Contributors: Barbero, Estela Rosa.
Publisher: PRHISCO-CONICET
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Buenos Aires
Language: spa
Number of pages: 493
Subjects: Luxuries -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- History.; Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Social life and customs.
Other titles: Lo suntuario en la vida cotidiana del Buenos Aires virreinal
Description: "First study to examine the material culture in colonial Buenos Aires, volume discusses uses of silver, jewelry, and religious images. Chapters on jewelry, for example, examine esthetic, religious, funerary, and practical aspects of a wide range of silver, gold, and lesser metal objects. Includes detailed descriptions of these objects"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-493).