Heaven, hell, and everything in between : murals of the colonial Andes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cohen Suarez, Ananda (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : University of Texas Press, [2016]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Recovering languages and literacies of the Americas.
Subjects:	Indian mural painting and decoration > Andes Region. Indian mural painting and decoration > Peru (Viceroyalty) Indians of South America > Andes Region > Antiquities. Indians of South America > Andes Region > Religion. Art and society > Andes Region > History. Art > Political aspects > Andes Region > History. Spain > Colonies > America.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The painted walls of the Andes : chronology, techniques, and meanings
The road to hell is paved with flowers : journeys to the afterlife at the church of Andahuaylillas
Clothing the architectonic body : textile murals of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Turning the Jordan river into a pacarina : murals of the baptism of Christ at the churches of Urcos and Pitumarca
Earthly violence/divine justice : Tadeo Escalante's urals at the church of Huaro
Conclusion.