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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465677703321

Autore

Cohen Suarez Ananda

Titolo

Heaven, Hell, and Everything in Between [[electronic resource] ] : Murals of the Colonial Andes / / Ananda Cohen Suarez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4773-0044-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Collana

Recovering languages and literacies of the Americas Mellon Foundation Initiative

Disciplina

751.7/3098

Soggetti

Art - Political aspects - Andes Region - History

Art and society - Andes Region - History

Indians of South America - Andes Region - Religion

Indians of South America - Andes Region - Antiquities

Indian mural painting and decoration - Peru (Viceroyalty)

Indian mural painting and decoration - Andes Region

Electronic books.

Spain Colonies America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The painted walls of the Andes : chronology, techniques, and meanings -- The road to hell is paved with flowers : journeys to the afterlife at the church of Andahuaylillas -- Clothing the architectonic body : textile murals of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Turning the Jordan river into a pacarina : murals of the baptism of Christ at the churches of Urcos and Pitumarca -- Earthly violence/divine justice : Tadeo Escalante's urals at the church of Huaro -- Conclusion.