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The Colors Of New World Artists
Diana Magalori Kerpel
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Description for The Colors Of New World Artists
Paperback. In August 1576, in the midst of an outbreak of the plague, the Spanish Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagun and 22 indigenous artists locked themselves inside the school of Santa Cruz de Tlaltelolco in Mexico City with a mission: to create the first illustrated encyclopedia in the New World. This title deals with this manuscript. Num Pages: 80 pages, 20 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACB; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 144 x 8. Weight in Grams: 212.
This is a penetrating glimpse into the first illustrated encyclopaedia of the New World. In August 1576, in the midst of an outbreak of the plague, the Spanish Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagun and 22 indigenous artists locked themselves inside the school of Santa Cruz de Tlaltelolco in Mexico City with a mission: to create the first illustrated encyclopedia in the New World. Today this twelve-volume manuscript is preserved in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence and is widely known as the Florentine Codex. A monumental achievement, the Florentine Codex is the single most important artistic and historical document for ... Read more
This is a penetrating glimpse into the first illustrated encyclopaedia of the New World. In August 1576, in the midst of an outbreak of the plague, the Spanish Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagun and 22 indigenous artists locked themselves inside the school of Santa Cruz de Tlaltelolco in Mexico City with a mission: to create the first illustrated encyclopedia in the New World. Today this twelve-volume manuscript is preserved in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence and is widely known as the Florentine Codex. A monumental achievement, the Florentine Codex is the single most important artistic and historical document for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Santa Monica CA, United States
ISBN
9781606063293
SKU
V9781606063293
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Ref
99-15
About Diana Magalori Kerpel
Diana Magalori Kerpel is professor at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
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