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California Mexicana : missions to murals, 1820-1930
- Title
- California Mexicana : missions to murals, 1820-1930 / edited by Katherine Manthorne.
- Publication
- [Laguna Beach, California] : Laguna Art Museum in association with University of California Press, 2017.
- ©2017
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 18-29 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 327 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm
- Summary
- "California Mexicana: Missions to Murals, 1820-1930 asks how Mexico became California. The project moves backward in time, establishing the foundations upon which modern artists built. Mapping practices, pictures of manners and customs, landscape paintings, and illustrated civic documents all played significant roles in encouraging inhabitants to apprehend the distinctive qualities of their surroundings and themselves. This book charts the ways in which Mexico and California engaged in this performing of place through the visual arts"--
- Subjects
- Art and society
- California
- Mexico
- Civilization
- History
- California > In art > Exhibitions
- Mexico > Civilization > Exhibitions
- 1800-1999
- Art and society > California > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Art and society > California > History > 19th century > Exhibitions
- Exhibition catalogs
- California > Civilization > 20th century > Exhibitions
- California > Civilization > 19th century > Exhibitions
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- History.
- Note
- Publisher location from website.
- "This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition California Mexicana: Missions to Murals, 1820-1930, presented at Laguna Art Museum from October 15, 2017 to January 14, 2018."
- "California Mexicana is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a far-reaching project and ambitious exploration of Latin America and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles."--Preliminary page.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The arts at the California missions : clusters of meaning / Clara Bargellini -- Mexican California, 1821-1848 : Californios, rancheros, vaqueros / Katherine Manthorne.
- Call Number
- JQF 18-29
- ISBN
- 9780520296367
- 0520296362
- LCCN
- 2017026533
- OCLC
- 981118131
- Title
- California Mexicana : missions to murals, 1820-1930 / edited by Katherine Manthorne.
- Publisher
- [Laguna Beach, California] : Laguna Art Museum in association with University of California Press, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Added Author
- Manthorne, Katherine, editor.Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach, Calif.), organizer, host institution.Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Project)
- Research Call Number
- JQF 18-29