Painting the Skin: Pigments on Bodies and Codices in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica

ISBN-13: 9780816538447 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 328 str.

Elodie Dupey Garcia; Maria Luisa Vazquez de Agredos Pascual

Opis

Brings together exciting research on painted skins - human, animal, and vegetal - in Mesoamerica. Contributors explore the materiality, uses, and cultural meanings of the colours applied on a multitude of skins, including bodies, codices made of hide and vegetal paper, and even building "skins".