Research Catalog

Title

Theatrum mundi : masks and masquerades in Mexico and the Andes / Anthony Alan Shelton.

Author

Shelton, Anthony

Publication

• Vancouver ; Berkeley ; London : Figure.1, [2021]
• Vancouver : MOA, [2021]
• ©2021

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

University of British Columbia. Museum of Anthropology, publisher.

Description

xiv, 239 pages : colour illustrations; 32 cm

Summary

"Theatrum Mundi ("the theatre of the world") describes the diversity of masks and performances that originated from the violent struggles between European, Arabic and "New World" civilizations. This authoritative study celebrates over 500 years of Mexican and South American Indigenous dance dramas and explains how mask makers, religious practitioners, masqueraders and entrepreneurs have helped to continuously reinvent, revitalize and express the changing world around them. The culmination of four decades of research by Dr. Anthony Shelton, professor of art history and director of the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at the University of British Columbia, the text is illustrated by field photographs and images from MOA and other notable mask collections."--

Subject

• Masks > Mexico > History
• Masks > Mexico > History > Pictorial works
• Masks > Andes > History
• Masks > Andes > History > Pictorial works
• Festivals > Mexico > History
• Festivals > Andes > History
• Rites and ceremonies > Mexico > History
• Rites and ceremonies > Andes > History
• Masques > Mexique > Histoire
• Masques > Mexique > Histoire > Ouvrages illustrés
• Masques > Andes > Histoire
• Masques > Andes > Histoire > Ouvrages illustrés
• Festivals > Mexique > Histoire
• Festivals > Andes > Histoire
• Rites et cérémonies > Mexique > Histoire
• Rites et cérémonies > Andes > Histoire
• Festivals
• Masks
• Rites and ceremonies
• Andes
• Mexico

Genre/Form

• History.
• Pictorial works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-230) and index.

Issued By (note)

• Co-published by Museum of Anthropology at UBC.

Contents

Masks and Masquerades in Mexico and the Andes -- The Faces of Interpretation: Dreamers, Performers, Writers and Clowns -- Shimmering Light: Masks and Luminescence in the Andes -- Turquoise and Fire: Mosaic Masks from Mexico -- The Performative Lives of Narratives: Apostolic Militarism and Iberian Dance Dramas -- The Turning of Worlds: Pre-Hispanic and Early Colonial Mexican Dance Dramas -- Humiliation and Redemption: Combat Dramas and the Reversal of Conquest -- The Language of Water: Masks, Commodity Production and Authenticity.

Call Number

GN419.5

ISBN

• 9781773271378
• 1773271377

OCLC

• 1235870455
• on1235870455
• SCSB-14345591

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries