An edition of Museo Franz Mayer (2006)

Museo Franz Mayer

20 años de arte y cultura en México

Museo Franz Mayer
Arturo Chapa
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An edition of Museo Franz Mayer (2006)

Museo Franz Mayer

20 años de arte y cultura en México

"A deluxe edition featuring the museum's collection and the 16th century building that houses it. The book honors the museums history and the cultural and patrimonial legacy left bycollector and financial entrepreneur Franz Mayer to the people of México. Contentsinclude authoritative studies by noted researchers regarding the life of collector and photographerFranz Mayer, the history of the colonial building located in downtown Mexico City transformedfirst into a hospice and later the Hospital of San Juan de Dios and the collection, a collectionof art pieces centered in colonial art created for religious and personal purpose such as:silverware, ceramics, furniture, religious objects, textiles, the library and its rare and antiquebooks and manuscripts and the house furnishings. This handsome publication is illustrated withextraordinary full-page color plates of religious paintings and sculptures; silver chalices andlecterns; embroidered textiles; objects made from ceramic and with objects and furniture thatdecorated the wealthy colonial houses in Mexico like small portable writing desks to largewardrobes, manuscripts and illustrated books, portraits, rich clothes and jewels, scientificinstruments, tin-glazed earthenware lacquered wood, and the aristocratic "cocos chocolateros" (coconut shells mounted in silver) and special gold cases where Mexicangentlemen and ladies drank chocolate and kept their cigarettes"--Provided by vendor.

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Publisher
Chapa
Language
Spanish
Pages
373

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Museo Franz Mayer: 20 años de arte y cultura en México
2006, Chapa
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-369).

Published in
México, D.F

Classifications

Library of Congress
NK470.M4 .M66 2006, NK470.M4 M6613 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
373 p. :
Number of pages
373

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22517773M
ISBN 10
9685546088
ISBN 13
9789685546089
LCCN
2008350564
OCLC/WorldCat
166523754, 224381186

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