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Heaven, Hell, and Everything in Between: Murals of the Colonial Andes
Ananda Cohen Suarez
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Description for Heaven, Hell, and Everything in Between: Murals of the Colonial Andes
Paperback. Series: Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 color and 49 b&w photos, 8 b&w illus., 1 b&w map. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3J; ACBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Examining the vivid, often apocalyptic church murals of Peru from the early colonial period through the nineteenth century, Heaven, Hell, and Everything in Between explores the sociopolitical situation represented by the artists who generated these murals for rural parishes. Arguing that the murals were embedded in complex networks of trade, commerce, and the exchange of ideas between the Andes and Europe, Ananda Cohen-Aponte also considers the ways in which artists and viewers worked through difficult questions of envisioning sacredness. This study brings to light the fact that, unlike the murals of New Spain, the murals ... Read more
Examining the vivid, often apocalyptic church murals of Peru from the early colonial period through the nineteenth century, Heaven, Hell, and Everything in Between explores the sociopolitical situation represented by the artists who generated these murals for rural parishes. Arguing that the murals were embedded in complex networks of trade, commerce, and the exchange of ideas between the Andes and Europe, Ananda Cohen-Aponte also considers the ways in which artists and viewers worked through difficult questions of envisioning sacredness. This study brings to light the fact that, unlike the murals of New Spain, the murals ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas
Condition
New
Weight
466g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9781477309551
SKU
V9781477309551
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About Ananda Cohen Suarez
Ananda Cohen Suarez is an assistant professor of history of art at Cornell University. She coauthored Handbook to Life in the Inca World.
Reviews for Heaven, Hell, and Everything in Between: Murals of the Colonial Andes
[T]his is an important book that makes a valuable contribution to a dynamic filled. It fills in many lacunae in our understanding of Andean mural culture.
Hispanic American Historical Review
Hispanic American Historical Review