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Author : Marian Harvey
Publisher : Associated University Presses
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Artisans
ISBN : 087982512X
Author : Sarah Nestor
Publisher : Sunstone Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Handicraft
ISBN : 9780865347342
Anglo-Americans in New Mexico were a major cause of the decline of traditional Spanish New Mexican crafts in the nineteenth century; in a reverse swing, they helped to bring about a revival in the twentieth century. When the railroad came west in the 1880s life in New Mexico changed almost overnight, and crafts which had thrived in isolation declined rapidly. Then in the 1920s and 1930s artists, anthropologists, educators, and other patrons in the state, recognizing the unique beauty and charm of New Mexico's Spanish colonial crafts, saw the need not only to preserve crafts from the past, but also to encourage their revival in the present. Foremost among these patrons was Leonora Curtin of Santa Fe. Born into a prominent but rather bohemian family, she was instrumental in promoting this revival. In 1934, during the darkest years of the Great Depression, Native Market was born. This endeavor, which became the forerunner of today's world famous yearly Santa Fe Spanish Market, was Leonora's brainchild. Greatly involved in the local art scene of the times, Leonora recognized the pressing need to preserve the rapidly vanishing traditional craft production of Spanish speaking artisans of the region. Through her leadership, dedication, and outreach, New Mexico's Hispano crafts people and artists were given renewed opportunities to market their often enchantingly beautiful creations through the successful commercial venture known as Native Market. This is that story.
Author : De Orellana M
Publisher : Smithsonian
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 1588342123
A visual celebration of Mexican crafts pairs full-color photography with essays by leading art historians, interviews with and profiles of top craftspeople, and tributes by leading writers, in a volume that includes coverage of Mexican ceramics, textiles, weavings, tinwork, lacquerwork, and more. 12,000 first printing.
Author : Frances Toor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Art
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173007526258
Author : Michele Avis Feder-Nadoff
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781793639981
This book examines how Mexican artisans and diverse actors participate in translations of aesthetics, politics, and history through the field of craft.
Author : Katrin Flechsig
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816550074
Picture a throng of tiny devils and angels, or a marching band so small it can fit in the palm of your hand. In a Mixtec town in the Mexican state of Puebla, craftspeople have been weaving palm since before the Spanish Conquest, but over the past forty years that art has become more finely tuned and has won national acceptance in a market nostalgic for an authentic Indian past. In this book, Katrin Flechsig offers the first in-depth ethnographic and historical examination of the miniature palm craft industry, taking readers behind the scenes of craft production in order to explain how and why these folk arts have undergone miniaturization over the past several decades. In describing this "Lilliputization of Mexico," she discusses the appeal of miniaturization, revealing how such factors as tourism and the construction of national identity have contributed to an ongoing demand for the tiny creations. She also contrasts the playfulness of the crafts with the often harsh economic and political realities of life in the community. Flechsig places the crafts of Chigmecatitlán within the contexts of manufacturing, local history, religion, design and technique, and selling. She tells how innovation is introduced into the craft, such as through the modification of foreign designs in response to market demands. She also offers insights into capitalist penetration of folk traditions, the marketing of folk arts, and economic changes in modern Mexico. And despite the fact that the designations "folk" and "Indian" help create a romantic fiction surrounding the craft, Flechsig dispels common misperceptions of the simplicity of this folk art by revealing the complexities involved in its creation. More than thirty illustrations depict not only finished miniatures but also the artists and their milieu. Today miniatures serve not only the tourist market; middle-class Mexicans also collect miniatures to such an extent that it has been termed a national pastime. Flechsig’s work opens up this miniature world and shows us the extent to which it has become a lasting and important facet of contemporary Mexican culture.
Author : Rick A. López
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822391739
After Mexico’s revolution of 1910–1920, intellectuals sought to forge a unified cultural nation out of the country’s diverse populace. Their efforts resulted in an “ethnicized” interpretation of Mexicanness that intentionally incorporated elements of folk and indigenous culture. In this rich history, Rick A. López explains how thinkers and artists, including the anthropologist Manuel Gamio, the composer Carlos Chávez, the educator Moisés Sáenz, the painter Diego Rivera, and many less-known figures, formulated and promoted a notion of nationhood in which previously denigrated vernacular arts—dance, music, and handicrafts such as textiles, basketry, ceramics, wooden toys, and ritual masks—came to be seen as symbolic of Mexico’s modernity and national distinctiveness. López examines how the nationalist project intersected with transnational intellectual and artistic currents, as well as how it was adapted in rural communities. He provides an in-depth account of artisanal practices in the village of Olinalá, located in the mountainous southern state of Guerrero. Since the 1920s, Olinalá has been renowned for its lacquered boxes and gourds, which have been considered to be among the “most Mexican” of the nation’s arts. Crafting Mexico illuminates the role of cultural politics and visual production in Mexico’s transformation from a regionally and culturally fragmented country into a modern nation-state with an inclusive and compelling national identity.
Author : Eli Bartra
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781783160747
The aim of this book is to engender Mexican folk art and locate women at its centre by studying the processes of creation, distribution, and consumption, as well as examining iconographic aspects, and elements of class and ethnicity, from the perspective of gender. The author will demonstrate that the topic provides unique insights into Mexican culture, and has enormous relevance within and without the country, given the fact that much folk art is made for the United States and Europe, either in terms of the tourists who buy it on coming to Mexico, or that which is exported.
Author : Don M. Coerver,Suzanne B. Pasztor,Robert Buffington
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781851095179
A concise overview of 20th- and 21st-century Mexico, this volume explores the political, economic, social, and cultural history of the world's largest Spanish-speaking country. From NAFTA to narcotics, from immigration to energy, the ties that bind our nation and Mexico are varied and strong. Mexico uncovers the real Mexico that lies behind the stereotypes of tacos, tequila, and tourist hotels. Compiled by leading scholars of Mexican history and society, its more than 150 entries examine the nation in all its fascinating contradictions and complexity. This concise yet thorough study, covering the last 100 years of Mexican history, is the only one volume, A–Z reference work available to students, scholars, and readers curious about one of the world's most diverse and dynamic societies. What was the Mexican Revolution all about? Who are the Zapatistas? And why do Mexicans celebrate Cinco de Mayo? Mexicans are America's largest immigrant group and Mexico is America's favorite tourist destination. Yet we need to learn more and understand better our fascinating neighbor to the south. Mexico—comprehensive and accessible—is the best place to start.
Author : Chloë Sayer
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173023556431
Discusses the traditional metal, clay, textile, and paper folk crafts of Mexico and presents directions for making a variety of projects.
Author : Patricia Fent Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Decorative arts
ISBN : UCAL:B3258439
Author : Fernandex De Calderon Candida,Alberto Sarmiento
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110368094
Profiles 180 Mexican folk artists, profiling the works they have created out of clay, vegetable fibers, wood, metal, textiles, and stone which represent many different craft traditions.
Author : Margarita de Orellana
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Handicraft
ISBN : 9706831002
Author : Carlos Espejel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Decoration and ornament
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038322157
Author : Emily Freidenrich
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781452170244
This book is a celebration of tactile beauty and a tribute to human ingenuity. In-depth profiles tell the stories of 20 artisans who have devoted their lives to preserving traditional techniques. Gorgeous photographs reveal these craftspeople's studios, from Oaxaca to Kyoto and from Milan to Tennessee. Two essays explore the challenges and rewards of engaging deeply with the past. With an elegant three-piece case and foil stamping, this rich volume will be an inspiration to makers, collectors, and history lovers.