The untranslatable image : a mestizo history of the arts in New Spain, 1500-1600 / by Alessandra Russo ; translated from the French by Susan Emanuel.

Author/creator Russo, Alessandra, 1972- author.
Other author Emanuel, Susan translator.
Format Book
EditionFirst English-language edition.
PublicationAustin : University of Texas Press, 2014.
Descriptionxiv, 357 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesJoe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture. ^A505316
Contents Prologue: from one triptych to another -- Introduction: at the frontiers of art histories -- A triptych from New Spain -- Treasures -- Figures -- Malicias -- Images between words -- Mosaics -- Landscape -- Scratching -- The creation of unexpected languages -- Relics of ixiptla -- Circular realism -- Figurative condensation -- Conclusion: untranslatable images?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013030224
ISBN9780292754133 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0292754132 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780292754140 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0292754140 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other class# Z UA380.8 R921un