Francisco Zúñiga, Sculptor
Francisco Zúñiga, Sculptor

Author: Sheldon Reich

Publisher:

Published: 1900

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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As the artist is more than his art, so this book is more than a collection of pictures. Here is the essence of Mexico's greatest living sculptor, reflected in his own words, in critical commentary, and in strikingly dramatic representations of his work. Part I, "Conversations," distills a series of exclusive interviews with Zu�iga that have never before been published. In frankly discussing his life and art, the sculptor lends fascinating and sometimes controversial insights into his society and cultural milieu. Part II, "Interpretations," offers Sheldon Reich's stylistic analysis of Zu�iga's work as it has evolved through various media over a forty year period. Highlighting this impressive volume are more than one hundred black-and-white photographs depicting the artist, his models, his studio, and of course his incomparable sculptures. Included are not only rare prints of projects that have been destroyed, but glimpses of unfinished pieces as well. Thus embracing past, present, and future, the book itself will stand as a monument to an artist whose own monuments inspire the admiration of millions.

African American Lives
African American Lives

Author: Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2004-04-29

Total Pages: 1055

ISBN-13: 019988286X

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African American Lives offers up-to-date, authoritative biographies of some 600 noteworthy African Americans. These 1,000-3,000 word biographies, selected from over five thousand entries in the forthcoming eight-volume African American National Biography, illuminate African-American history through the immediacy of individual experience. From Esteban, the earliest known African to set foot in North America in 1528, right up to the continuing careers of Venus and Serena Williams, these stories of the renowned and the near forgotten give us a new view of American history. Our past is revealed from personal perspectives that in turn inspire, move, entertain, and even infuriate the reader. Subjects include slaves and abolitionists, writers, politicians, and business people, musicians and dancers, artists and athletes, victims of injustice and the lawyers, journalists, and civil rights leaders who gave them a voice. Their experiences and accomplishments combine to expose the complexity of race as an overriding issue in America's past and present. African American Lives features frequent cross-references among related entries, over 300 illustrations, and a general index, supplemented by indexes organized by chronology, occupation or area of renown, and winners of particular honors such as the Spingarn Medal, Nobel Prize, and Pulitzer Prize.

Travels in the Labyrinth
Travels in the Labyrinth

Author: Arthur Ross Gallery

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2001-02-09

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9780812217742

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"A complete account of modern Mexican art."--

Latin American Art
Latin American Art

Author: Dorothy Chaplik

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Analysis of fifty-three works of art (some presented in color, most black and white) by important Latin American artists. Biographies of each artist are also provided. The bibliography cites books on each artist as well as general works. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Handbook of Latin American Studies
Handbook of Latin American Studies

Author: Dolores Moyano Martin

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 956

ISBN-13: 9780292752313

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Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 130 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year between social sciences and humanities. The Handbook annotates works on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the Guianas, Spanish South America, and Brazil, as well as materials covering Latin America as a whole. Most of the subsections are preceded by introductory essays that serve as biannual evaluations of the literature and research under way in specialized areas. The Handbook of Latin American Studies is the oldest continuing reference work in the field. Dolores Moyano Martin, of the Library of Congress Hispanic Division, has been the editor since 1977, and P. Sue Mundell was assistant editor from 1994 to 1998. The subject categories for Volume 56 are as follows: ∑ Electronic Resources for the Humanities ∑ Art ∑ History (including ethnohistory) ∑ Literature (including translations from the Spanish and Portuguese) ∑ Philosophy: Latin American Thought ∑ Music