A truly popular art form, the glamorous paintings of Mexican calendar girls have a long and fascinating historyas advertisements, enticements, and emblems of Mexican cultural heritage and pride. The result of years of research, this playful and informative book reproduces more than 150 vibrantly colorful calendar images, plus archival photographs and other materials that illuminate their creation. A fully bilingual text gives an overview of the calendars' social and cultural history, along with biographies of the talented ...
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A truly popular art form, the glamorous paintings of Mexican calendar girls have a long and fascinating historyas advertisements, enticements, and emblems of Mexican cultural heritage and pride. The result of years of research, this playful and informative book reproduces more than 150 vibrantly colorful calendar images, plus archival photographs and other materials that illuminate their creation. A fully bilingual text gives an overview of the calendars' social and cultural history, along with biographies of the talented artists who created them. Also including a foreword by the renowned Mexican cultural critic Carlos Monsivis, "Mexican Calendar Girls" presents this popular and delightful art as never before.
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Add this copy of Mexican Calendar Girls: Chicas De Calendarios Mexicanos to cart. $29.14, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Movies rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Chronicle Books.
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Add this copy of Mexican Calendar Girls / Chicas De Calendarios to cart. $40.00, very good condition, Sold by GarnetBooks rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newark, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Chronicle Books.
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Very Good + Golden Age of Calendar Art, 1930-1960 / La Época de oro de los Calendarios, 1930-1960. Large 8vo. 144 pp. Bound in stiff illustrated wrappers. Profusely illustrated in full color. Foreword by Carlos Monsiváis. Text in English and Spanish. Very Good+ bright copy.
Add this copy of Mexican Calendar Girls: Chicas De Calendarios Mexicanos to cart. $66.31, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Chronicle Books.
