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Click to enlargeIdols Behind Altars: Modern Mexican Art and Its Cultural Roots

Anita Brenner
Our Price$19.95New!(Table of Contents)
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Format: Book
ISBN: 0486423034
Page Count: 432
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
Critical study ranges from pre-Columbian times through the 20th century to explore Mexico's intrinsic association between art and religion; the role of iconography in Mexican art; and the return to native values. Unabridged reprint of the classic 1929 edition. 118 black-and-white illustrations.
Unabridged republication of the edition published by Payson & Clarke, Ltd., New York, 1929.

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