Saints & Sinners: Mexican Devotional Art

By California Heritage Museum Staf and California Heritage Museum

Book Overview

More than 350 beautiful color photographs and a descriptive text depict 18th to mid-20th century Mexican devotional art including danced masks, devils and angels, santos, milagritos, retablos, and ex-votos. These religious items were used in ceremonies both at home and church, and include wood carvings, as well as clay, stone, metal, and paper items. Seven essays include a major new work by historian and scholar Gloria Fraser Giffords, who, along with Tom Pirazzini, edited the essays. Other essays are by Philip Wrench, Roberto G. Cruz Floriano, Janet Brady Esser, Martha J. Egan, and Joanna Stuhr cover ing the history, symbolism, and uses of Mexican devotional art, as well as the methods of manufacture. For historians, folk art connoiseurs, and those who have an interest in Mexican culture, this is an essential and welcome new volume.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764323687
• ISBN13: 9780764323683
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.8" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

great book on hard to find subject

So hard to find good books on this subject but this is one! I wish there were more like it.

Holy Hell!

This is an exceptional book that is filled with fabulous color photos of well-chosen and well-organized religious historical items stemming from the 18th century. The pieces the authors chose to use for the book were not typical of what you would see in a hastily-written book or a shallowly-researched book. Also in it were brief explanations of the featured pieces. At the end of the book are essays by various authors that describe uses for the artifacts featured in the book, as well as certain techniques and traditions. I bought/buy many books on Mexican folk art, and this is an absolute favorite for the photograhs and the subjects photographed. I will revisit it many times for.