The Wood-Carver ́s Art in Ancient Mexico
Author | : Marshall H. Saville |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2012-08 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 3846004219 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1925.
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Author | : Marshall H. Saville |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2012-08 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 3846004219 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1925.
Author | : Michael Chibnik |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0292782667 |
Since the mid-1980s, whimsical, brightly colored wood carvings from the Mexican state of Oaxaca have found their way into gift shops and private homes across the United States and Europe, as Western consumers seek to connect with the authenticity and tradition represented by indigenous folk arts. Ironically, however, the Oaxacan wood carvings are not a traditional folk art. Invented in the mid-twentieth century by non-Indian Mexican artisans for the tourist market, their appeal flows as much from intercultural miscommunication as from their intrinsic artistic merit. In this beautifully illustrated book, Michael Chibnik offers the first in-depth look at the international trade in Oaxacan wood carvings, including their history, production, marketing, and cultural representations. Drawing on interviews he conducted in the carving communities and among wholesalers, retailers, and consumers, he follows the entire production and consumption cycle, from the harvesting of copal wood to the final purchase of the finished piece. Along the way, he describes how and why this "invented tradition" has been promoted as a "Zapotec Indian" craft and explores its similarities with other local crafts with longer histories. He also fully discusses the effects on local communities of participating in the global market, concluding that the trade in Oaxacan wood carvings is an almost paradigmatic case study of globalization.
Author | : Marshall Howard Saville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Indian wood-carving |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Marshall Howard Saville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Mexico |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Shepard Barbash |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1993-04 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780811802505 |
Examines the work of traditional Mexican woodcarvers
Author | : Marshall Howard Saville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Indians of Mexico |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Marshall H. Saville |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2022-09-24 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3368263005 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1925.
Author | : Alanna Cant |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2019-09-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1477318836 |
Unlike many other handicrafts in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, which have long cultural and historical trajectories, Oaxacan woodcarving began in the second half of the twentieth century and has always been done for the commercial market. In The Value of Aesthetics, Alanna Cant explores how one family’s workshop in the village of San Martín Tilcajete has become the most critically and economically successful, surpassing those of neighbors who use similar materials and techniques. The dominance of this family is tied to their ability to produce a new aesthetic that appeals to three key “economies of culture”: the tourist market for souvenirs, the national market for traditional Mexican artesanías, and the international market for indigenous art. Offering a new analytical model by which anthropologists can approach visual aesthetics and conceptualize the power of artworks as socially active objects, The Value of Aesthetics shows how aesthetic practices produce and redefine social and political relationships. By investigating the links between aesthetics and issues of production, authorship, ownership, and identity, Cant shows aesthetic change to be a process that ultimately repackages everyday life into commodified objects in Oaxaca.
Author | : Ballo Rebora |
Publisher | : Schiffer Pub Limited |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2008-01-11 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9780764331473 |
Learn all the steps necessary to carve a lively 5-piece Mexican Mariachi band through straightforward instructions and 249 clear, color, step-by-step photos. The caricature figure, wearing traditional attire, brings a time-honored Mexican tradition to the wood carving world. Patterns for the five members of the Mariachi band (the trumpet player, singer, bass player, guitar player, and violin player) are provided. Detailed painting instructions help bring the figures to life. A gallery shows each figure individually, from all sides, so no detail is overlooked. The instructions are provided in both English and Spanish. This book will be a wonderful, humorous challenge for carvers of all levels of experience.