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Arts and Crafts of Mexico by Chloe Sayer Publisher Comments The charm and humor of Mexican folk art have made it among the most popular in the world, and this lavishly photographed volume will appeal to aficionados of collectible folk art everywhere. Complete with full-color photography of native crafts and vivid... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Exhibiting Mestizaje: Mexican (American) Museums in the Diaspora by Karen Mary Davalos Publisher Comments Davalos offers a richly detailed study of exhibition practices among Mexican American museums and cultural centers, grounding the analysis in both aesthetic and political contexts.... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico: Treasures from the Museo Franz Mayer by Hector Ri Borrell M Publisher Comments The Mexican colonial period has traditionally been considered a dark period in the arts, a long gap between the arrival of the Spaniards and the early twentieth century. Through new and focused scholarship, the exhibition catalogue The Grandeur of... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Trade Paper
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Revolucion!: Cuban Poster Art by Lincoln Cushing Publisher Comments The poster was the popular art form in Cuba following the Cuban Revolution, when the government sponsored some 10,000 public posters on a fascinating range of cultural, social, and political themes. ¡Revolución!, produced with unprecedented access to... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Heritage of Power: Ancient Sculpture from West Mexico: The Andrall E. Pearson Family Collection by Kristi Butterwick Publisher Comments During the years between 300 B.C.E. and 400 C.E., peoples in a western region of Mexico lived in small, economically successful communities in a land of abundant natural resources. In these communities--now the modern Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco... (read more) List Price $23.75 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Resisting the Present by Editorial Rm (cor) Publisher Comments Resisting the Present showcases the work of Mexico's New Generation of artists--the creative forces behind the country's recent and much-discussed art boom. Born mostly after 1975, the 20 artists surveyed here represent an extraordinary scene that has... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Trade Paper
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Latin American Graphic Design by Julius Wiedemann Publisher Comments Latin America has been producing a very unique form of graphic expression for decades and this historical publication brings together the best examples from the 20th century as well as today. The book begins with an extensive historical essay about the... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $19.98 Sale - Flexible
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Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art by Gilbert Vicario Publisher Comments 'The world-renowned Aldopho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, devoted to modern Latin American art of the 1950s and 1960s, represents forerunners of abstract art in Brazil as well as key works by avant-garde artists: the Grupo Ruptura of... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $23.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Sarah Bienvenu: Taking Time: Thirty Years of Painting New Mexico by Malin Wilson Powell Publisher Comments For thirty years, Sarah Bienvenu's experiences painting and exploring New Mexico's mountains, canyons, and deserts have given her a unique ability to disentangle and interpret these past layers of change. She finds beauty in nature's ability to reveal... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $18.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Modern Mexican Painters (Dover Books on Art, Art History) by Mackinley Helm Publisher Comments Definitive introduction to the art and artists of Mexico during great artistic movements of the 20s and 30s. In-depth discussion of major figures—Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros — as well as 40 other artists... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America by Octavio Paz Publisher Comments This work, a virtually unique opportunity for those wishing to learn about pre-Hispanic America and its art, is divided into two parts and includes an essay by the Nobel Prize Winner for Literature Octavio Paz. The first part of the book is historical... (read more) List Price $67.50 Your price: $36.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jose Clemente Orozco by James Oles Publisher Comments At the forefront of Mexico's social revolution in the first half of the twentieth century were three artists whose murals resonated throughout the Americas and beyond: Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros. This volume looks at... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Beyond the Fantastic: Contemporary Art Criticism from Latin America by Gerardo Mosquera Publisher Comments Copublished with the Institute of International Visual Arts, London This anthology, edited by Cuban art historian and critic Gerardo Mosquera, offers a wide selection of writings by some of the most important cultural theoreticians of contemporary Latin... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Arts & Crafts of Mexico by Chloe Sayer Synopsis A companion volume for those interested in Mexican crafts. With many colour illustrations of a wide range of collectables, it offers a vivid portrait of the Mexican people and their skills in handling all kinds of materials, from clay and silver to seeds... (read more) Your price: $5.98 Used - Trade Paper
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Crafts of Mexico by Margarita Orellana Publisher Comments Crafts of Mexico is a visual celebration of Mexican crafts, presenting page after page of full-color photographs alongside essays by leading art historians, interviews with and profiles of leading craftspeople, and appreciations by leading writers. The... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space by Alma Ruiz Publisher Comments Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space situates the pioneering experiments of Latin American artists within the larger international canon of artists working with light and space. Expanding the dialogue beyond the California tradition of... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Trade Paper
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Sign Painting Project by Francis Alys Synopsis This is a catalogue of Francis AlAAs' The Sign Painting Project, made between 1993 and 1997. Francis AlAAs was born in the Belgian city of Antwerp in 1959. He has lived and worked in Mexico City since 1987. Between 1978 and 1983, AlAAs studied... (read more) Your price: $64.00 New - Hardcover
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Buenos Aires Street Art by Gonzalo Dobleg Publisher Comments Over the last few years, Buenos Aires has become a mecca for international street artists. Buenos Aires Street Art is the first book to document this burgeoning scene and includes works by Bs.As.Stencil, Burzaco Stencil, Cabaio Stencil, Cam.bs.as... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Trade Paper
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Turquoise Mosaics from Mexico by Colin Mcewan Publisher Comments The nine turquoise mosaics from Mexico are some the most striking pieces in the collections of the British Museum. Among the few surviving such artifacts, these exquisite objects include two masks, a shield, a knife, a helmet, a double-headed serpent, a... (read more) List Price $22.25 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Milagros: Votive Offerings From The Americas by Martha Egan Publisher Comments This book traces the use and artistry of milagros, small objects offered to Saints and other popular deities by Latin Americans in return for favors or answered prayers.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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