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Mexican Folk Art
Rothstein, Arden; Rothstein, Anya
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Description for Mexican Folk Art
Num Pages: 260 pages, 500+ color photos. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1532.
This beautiful reference introduces contemporary Mexican folk art by featuring prominent artists from Oaxaca in southeastern Mexico. Their unique artworks are introduced and illustrated. Crafted from natural materials, their ceramics, weaving, woodcarving, embroidery, tin work, toys, jewelry, candles, dried flower crafts, basketry, and celebrations of Day of the Dead handicrafts incorporate unique blends of indigenous myths with ancient patterns from Zapotec ruins. These folk art traditions have been preserved for hundreds of years. This sampler features 87+ artists belonging to 45+ families, many useful maps, and over 500 color photographs of their distinctive works. A useful resource section includes a ... Read more
This beautiful reference introduces contemporary Mexican folk art by featuring prominent artists from Oaxaca in southeastern Mexico. Their unique artworks are introduced and illustrated. Crafted from natural materials, their ceramics, weaving, woodcarving, embroidery, tin work, toys, jewelry, candles, dried flower crafts, basketry, and celebrations of Day of the Dead handicrafts incorporate unique blends of indigenous myths with ancient patterns from Zapotec ruins. These folk art traditions have been preserved for hundreds of years. This sampler features 87+ artists belonging to 45+ families, many useful maps, and over 500 color photographs of their distinctive works. A useful resource section includes a ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764326738
SKU
V9780764326738
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-11
About Rothstein, Arden; Rothstein, Anya
This mother-daughter team both collect and study Mexican culture on many trips to Oaxaca and from their home in New York City. Arden is a psychoanayst and clinical Psychologist in private practice and faculty member at New York University. Anya is a student at Poly-Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York, with a serious interest in photography.
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