{"product_id":"murals-of-the-americas-mayer-center-symposium-xvii-readings-in-latin-american-studies-9780914738855","title":"Murals of the Americas: Mayer Center Symposium XVII, Readings in Latin American Studies","description":"This volume presents the work of ten scholars who shared their research at the Denver Art Museum's 2017 symposium hosted by the Frederick and Jan Mayer Center for Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial Art. Centered on the theme of murals, each chapter discusses how this art form functions as a powerful tool for the expression of political, social, or religious ideas across diverse time periods and cultures in the Americas, from the ancient rock cave paintings of Guerrero, Mexico, to the murals of the 1960s Chicano movement. \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtist \u003cb\u003eJudy Baca\u003c\/b\u003e discusses her practice with \u003cb\u003eJesse Laird Ortega\u003c\/b\u003e (Denver Art Museum).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eClaudia Brittenham\u003c\/b\u003e (University of Chicago) considers the Rainbow Serpent mural from Chichen Itza's Temple of the Chacmool.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSeverin Fowles\u003c\/b\u003e (Barnard College) and \u003cb\u003eLindsay Montgomery\u003c\/b\u003e (University of Arizona) reevaluate rock art across the American plains and Southwest. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKelley Hays-Gilpin\u003c\/b\u003e (Northern Arizona University) and Hopi artist \u003cb\u003eEd Kabotie\u003c\/b\u003e survey dry fresco mural painting in Hopi, Zuni, Acoma, and Rio Grande Pueblo communities from the fifteenth century to the present.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHeather Hurst\u003c\/b\u003e (Skidmore College) reconstructs the sequence of drawing the Oxtotitl n cave paintings in Guerrero, Mexico, some of the earliest mural paintings in Mesoamerica.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLucha Martinez de Luna\u003c\/b\u003e (INAH\/independent scholar) examines how Chicano artists used mural arts to make statements about identity and cultural heritage in the context of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, with a focus on Denver artists.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFranco Rossi\u003c\/b\u003e (Boston University) provides a detailed examination of the Xultun mural images and texts, which shed light on the training of Classic Maya scribes and the transmission of artistic knowledge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMaria Teresa Uriarte\u003c\/b\u003e (Universidad Nacional Aut noma de M xico) brings thirty years' insight to the striking iconography of the murals of Teotihuacan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6282208\"\u003eVictoria I. Lyall\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Denver Art Museum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.20w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780914738855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0914738852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART044000\"\u003eCaribbean \u0026amp; Latin American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART028000\"\u003eTechniques | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Denver Art Museum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51144686174495,"sku":"9780914738855","price":49.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/img_89fe37b6-1b83-4b14-9558-4028d6dcecff.jpg?v=1755700882","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/murals-of-the-americas-mayer-center-symposium-xvii-readings-in-latin-american-studies-9780914738855","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}