The California Missions - History, Art and Preservation

Informationen zum Autor The late Edna Kimbro was a renowned architectural conservator and historian! and a founding member of the California Mission Studies Association. Julia Castello is an internationally recognized expert on archaeology and cultural resources. Klappentext Illustrated in color throughout, The California Missions: History, Art, and Preservation combines engaging text with historical paintings, archival photographs, and recent photography to create a vivid profile of these iconic institutions. Initial chapters recount their founding and early history, examine their rediscovery in the late nineteenth century, and trace the beginnings of the mission restoration movement. Subsequent chapters present mission architecture and wall murals, survey the rich holdings of European and Native American art in mission collections, and examine the challenges involved in preserving the mission heritage for future generations. The second part of the book provides concise historical profiles of each of the twenty-one missions. There is also a glossary. Zusammenfassung Presents an illustrated exploration of the history! heritage! and future of California's Missions. Combining a narrative with historical paintings! archival photographs! and full-colour photography! this title also presents readers with an overview of these iconic institutions.

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• Authors: Tevvy Ball, Julia Costello, Julia G. Costello, . Kimbro, .. Kimbro, Edna Kimbro, Edna E. Kimbro, Edna E./ Costello Kimbro
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 20.10.2009, delayed
• EAN: 9780892369836
• ISBN: 978-0-89236-983-6
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Conservation and Cultural Heri; Conservation and Cultural Heri; Conservation & Cultural Herita; Getty Publications - (Yale)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Travel > Travel guides > World, Arctic, Antarctic