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• catalog abstract "Few forms of religious folk art are as abundant or expressive as Mexican retablos - folk images painted on sheets of tin that are offered as votives of thanks to Christ or the Virgin Mary for a miracle granted or a favor bestowed. In this vivid study, Jorge Durand and Douglas Massey offer a multilayered analysis of retablos created by Mexican migrants to the United States. Richly illustrated with forty color photographs, this book will appeal to those interested in Mexican folk art and religious art, sociologists, and others seeking a fuller understanding of transnational migration. The authors first trace the history of retablos, which began in the early seventeenth century when the art form emerged in Mexico as a blend of European and Amerindian votive traditions. While placing the paintings in the context of international votive conventions, Durand and Massey also distinguish the purely artistic techniques that define retablos, detailing their strong influence on many of Mexico's leading nineteenth- and twentieth-century painters, most notably Frida Kahlo. As Mexican migrants began to head north into the United States from western Mexico, a contemporary center of votive supplication, they brought the retablo tradition with them. Durand and Massey study these retablos both as aesthetic texts and as social documents. They systematically analyze 124 contemporary retablo texts created by migrants and their families, scrutinizing the shifting subjects and themes that constitute a running record of the migrants' unique experiences. The result is a vivid work of synthesis that connects the history of an art form and a people, links two very different cultures, and allows a deeper understanding of a major twentieth-century theme - the drama of transnational migration.".
• catalog contributor b7771002.
• catalog contributor b7771003.
• catalog created "c1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "c1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
• catalog description "Few forms of religious folk art are as abundant or expressive as Mexican retablos - folk images painted on sheets of tin that are offered as votives of thanks to Christ or the Virgin Mary for a miracle granted or a favor bestowed. In this vivid study, Jorge Durand and Douglas Massey offer a multilayered analysis of retablos created by Mexican migrants to the United States. Richly illustrated with forty color photographs, this book will appeal to those interested in Mexican folk art and religious art, sociologists, and others seeking a fuller understanding of transnational migration. The authors first trace the history of retablos, which began in the early seventeenth century when the art form emerged in Mexico as a blend of European and Amerindian votive traditions. While placing the paintings in the context of international votive conventions, Durand and Massey also distinguish the purely artistic techniques that define retablos, detailing their strong influence on many of Mexico's leading nineteenth- and twentieth-century painters, most notably Frida Kahlo. As Mexican migrants began to head north into the United States from western Mexico, a contemporary center of votive supplication, they brought the retablo tradition with them. Durand and Massey study these retablos both as aesthetic texts and as social documents. They systematically analyze 124 contemporary retablo texts created by migrants and their families, scrutinizing the shifting subjects and themes that constitute a running record of the migrants' unique experiences. The result is a vivid work of synthesis that connects the history of an art form and a people, links two very different cultures, and allows a deeper understanding of a major twentieth-century theme - the drama of transnational migration.".
• catalog description "Foreword / Manuel Rodriguez Lapuente -- Introduction: The Miracle of Migrants' Retablos -- Ch. 1. The Origins of Votive Painting -- Ch. 2. Retablos in Theory and Practice -- Ch. 3. Artists and Retablos -- Ch. 4. Sacred Shrines, Holy Icons, and Migrants -- Ch. 5. The Content of Migrants' Retablos -- Ch. 6. Masterpieces on Tin: A Survey of Migrants' Retablos -- Ch. 7. Catalog of Retablos.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-211) and index.".
• catalog extent "xvi, 216 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Miracles on the border.".
• catalog identifier "0816514712 (cl : acid-free paper)".
• catalog identifier "0816514976 (pb : acid-free paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Miracles on the border.".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "c1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Tucson : University of Arizona Press,".
• catalog relation "Miracles on the border.".
• catalog spatial "Mexico.".
• catalog subject "755/.2 20".
• catalog subject "Christian art and symbolism Mexico.".
• catalog subject "Christian art and symbolism Modern period, 1500- Mexico.".
• catalog subject "Folk art Mexico.".
• catalog subject "ND1432.M46 D87 1995".
• catalog subject "Painting, Mexican.".
• catalog subject "Votive offerings in art.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Manuel Rodriguez Lapuente -- Introduction: The Miracle of Migrants' Retablos -- Ch. 1. The Origins of Votive Painting -- Ch. 2. Retablos in Theory and Practice -- Ch. 3. Artists and Retablos -- Ch. 4. Sacred Shrines, Holy Icons, and Migrants -- Ch. 5. The Content of Migrants' Retablos -- Ch. 6. Masterpieces on Tin: A Survey of Migrants' Retablos -- Ch. 7. Catalog of Retablos.".
• catalog title "Miracles on the border : retablos of Mexican migrants to the United States / Jorge Durand & Douglas S. Massey ; with photographs by the authors.".
• catalog type "text".