Description
Book SynopsisThis first comprehensive English-language study of the church-wall paintings created in Peru's Cuzco region from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth centuries unveils the complex intersections of religious artists, indigenous congregants, and colon
Trade Review[T]his is an important book that makes a valuable contribution to a dynamic field. It fills in many lacunae in our understanding of Andean mural culture. * Hispanic American Historical Review *
[A] well-written and amply illustrated contribution to Andean colonial history. * The Americas *
A clearly written, mostly jargon-free, and scholarly book, which manages at once to be rigorous and comprehensible to a wider audience…The story [Cohen-Aponte] tells, of murals progressing from being a locally mediated tool of evangelisation to a medium for social critique, is compelling and convincing. * Bulletin of Latin American Research *
The field should be grateful to have this book, both for the scholarly inroads it makes into this corpus and for its unusually readable and well-encapsulated chapters, which make it a wonderful teaching resource. * Ethnohistory *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter One: The Painted Walls of the Andes: Chronology, Techniques, and Meanings
Chapter Two: The Road to Hell is Paved with Flowers: Journeys to the Afterlife at the Church of Andahuaylillas
Chapter Three: Clothing the Architectonic Body: Textile Murals of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Chapter Four: Turning the Jordan River into a Pacarina: Murals of the Baptism of Christ at the Churches of Urcos and Pitumarca
Chapter Five: Earthly Violence/Divine Justice: Tadeo Escalante’s Murals at the Church of Huaro
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Bibliography
