Painting the skin : pigments on bodies and codices in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica / edited by Élodie Dupey García and María Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual.
Other author/creator | Dupey García, Elodie. |
Other author/creator | Vázquez de Agredos Pascual, M. Luisa. |
Format | Electronic and Book |
Publication Info | Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2018] |
Description | x, 284 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates ; 27 cm |
Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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Abstract | "The book brings together exciting research on painted skins--human, animal, and vegetal--in Mesoamerica. It offers physicochemical analysis and interdisciplinary understandings of the materiality, uses, and cultural meanings of the colors applied on a multitude of skins, including bodies, codices, and even building 'skins'"--Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2018019551 |
ISBN | 9780816538447 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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