Santa Fe photographer Joan Alessi provides a polychromatic exposition of New Mexico's traditional roadside memorials, descansos, as an art form. Her stunning photography captures the artistic attributes of these decorative crosses while preserving their religious and cultural integrity. Sylvia Grider's accompanying essay explains the origin and folkloric tradition of roadside memorials. These religious markers are not in themselves unique to the southwestern United States. Rather, they are a universal phenomenon with a long ...
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Santa Fe photographer Joan Alessi provides a polychromatic exposition of New Mexico's traditional roadside memorials, descansos, as an art form. Her stunning photography captures the artistic attributes of these decorative crosses while preserving their religious and cultural integrity. Sylvia Grider's accompanying essay explains the origin and folkloric tradition of roadside memorials. These religious markers are not in themselves unique to the southwestern United States. Rather, they are a universal phenomenon with a long and curious history. The term descanso (literally translated as ""resting place""), however, may have indeed originated among the Spanish-speaking vecinos of New Mexico.
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New. Provides a polychromatic exposition of New Mexico's traditional roadside memorials, descansos, as an art form. This work aims to capture the artistic attributes of these decorative crosses while preserving their religious and cultural integrity. Num Pages: 80 pages, 37 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 267 x 9. Weight in Grams: 630. 2007. Bilingual. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good. Size: 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall; Flat-signed by author on title page, gift inscription on same page, interior new looking tight clean unmarked, covers show light shelf wear.
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