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 |
| Edition | First English-language edition. |
| Publication | Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014. |
| Description | xiv, 357 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Joe 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2013030224 |
| ISBN | 9780292754133 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0292754132 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780292754140 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0292754140 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Other class# | Z UA380.8 R921un |