Conexiones - Connections in Spanish Colonial Art

Celebrating the inauguration of the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art (Santa Fe), this milestone presents the finest traditional Hispanic arts from the renowned Spanish Colonial Arts Society collection: santos, textiles, tinwork, furniture, colcha, fine art, and artful craft objects from colonial, territorial revival, and contemporary periods. With lavish illustrations and detailed object histories, this book illuminates Spanish Colonial art both as a powerful document of the past and a living tradition in the twenty-first century.

About the author

Carmella Padilla is an award-winning journalist and author of numerous books including El Rancho de las Golondrinas: Living History in New Mexico's La Ciénega Valley, The Chile Chronicles: Tales of a New Mexico Harvest, and Low 'n Slow: Lowriding in New Mexico (published by Museum of New Mexico Press). Her articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Albuquerque Journal, Dallas Morning News, and other important publications.

Product details

• Authors: Pierce Donna, Carmella Padilla, Donna Pierce
• Assisted by: Carmella Padilla (Editor)
• Publisher: Spanish Colonial Arts Society, Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.07.2002
• EAN: 9780971910300
• ISBN: 978-0-9719103-0-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 237 mm x 286 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 1338 g
• Illustrations: Illustrations
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art