Saints & sinners
Subtitle: Mexican devotional art
By: James Caswell and Jenise Amanda Ramos, editors.
Contributors: Caswell, James.; Ramos, Jenise Amanda.; California Heritage Museum.
Publisher: Schiffer Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Atglen, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Devotional objects -- Mexico -- Exhibitions.; Folk art -- Mexico -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Saints and sinners; Mexican devotional art
Description: "More than 350 beautiful color photographs and a descriptive text depict 18th to mid-20th century Mexican devotional art including danced masks, devils and angels, santos, milagritos, retablos, and ex-votos. These religious items were used in ceremonies both at home and church, and include wood carvings, as well as clay, stone, metal, and paper items. Seven essays include a major new work by historian and scholar Gloria Fraser Giffords, who, along with Tom Pirazzini, edited the essays. Other essays are by Philip Wrench, Roberto G. Cruz Floriano, Janet Brady Esser, Martha J. Egan, and Joanna Stuhr cover ing the history, symbolism, and uses of Mexican devotional art, as well as the methods of manufacture. For historians, folk art connoiseurs, and those who have an interest in Mexican culture, this is an essential and welcome new volume."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Exhibition catalog.