Record details

• ISBN: 0870492756
• ISBN: 9780870492754
• Physical Description: xvii, 253 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Publisher: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©1980.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-240) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I. Beginnings. Introduction: the art of the image maker in New Mexico -- Beginnings: saint carving in Córdova from 1820 to 1917 -- The "discovery" and "encouragement" of José Dolores López -- The expansion of the industry -- Part II. The contemporary period. The marketing of contemporary wood carvings -- The technology of contemporary wood carving in Córdova -- Part III. The symbolism of the image-carving art. The search for meaning -- The future of art.

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Hispanic American wood-carving > New Mexico > Cordova.
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