In 1956, on an extended trip through Mexico, famed photographer Eliot Porter and his photographer friend Ellen Auerbach visited several hundred churches and chapels. Hundreds of years old, the churches were often far from main roads and only very rarely photographed. In paperback for the first time, Mexican Churches is a glowing record of the exuberance and splendor of these sanctuaries, many of which no longer exist today or have been considerably altered. The devotion and spirituality of the Mexican people is abundantly apparent in the carved statues of saints, the beautifully decorated altars, and the votives, milagros, and other devotional objects arranged on altars and in niches. With an essay by folk art curator Donna Pierce tracing the architectural history of the churches, Mexican Churches is an intriguing glimpse of the settings in which people of Mexico have worshipped for centuries.
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Eliot Porter (1901-1990) was one of America's greatest photographers. His more than 20 books include The Place No One Knew and The Tree Where Man Was Born .
Ellen Auerbach has had her photograph exhibited worldwide.
Ellen Auerbach has had her photograph exhibited worldwide.
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Arquitectonic richness of Mexican churches,
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Contiene una amplia colección de fotografías que muestran la gran variedad y riqueza arquitectónica de las iglesias de México, algunas de las cuales son poco conocidas, y que en cierta medida deben su esplendor al sincretismo cultural hispano-indígena. Las fotografías fueron tomadas alrededor de 1956, por el excelente fotógrafo, sobre todo de paisajes, Eliot Porter (quién abandonó la fotografía por la medicina).It contains a large colection of photos that shows the great variety and arquitectonic richness of Mexican churches, some of them are not well know, and their splendor is in certain way product of the cultural hispano-indian sincretism. The photos were taken around 1956 by the excelent photographer, landscape specialist, Eliot Porter (who quit medicine for photography).
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Religious Grace In Photographs,
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This is a book of photographs of the interiors of Churches in Mexico, and their shrines and alters, and saints which adorn them.
Porter's photographs capture a religious grace which is direct, simple, beautiful, and moving. Seeing these pictures gives an outsider into a window on a world in which life may be difficult, but heart and faith are celebrated and strong.
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Through the centuries the churches of Mexico have served their communities as true sanctuaries - places of quiet refuge for personal communion with saints and places of public worship for the reaffirmation of shared beliefs. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ranch chapel, altar screens, mission church Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New World, Santo Domingo, San Miguel de Allende, Christ of the Cane, Mexico City, Hacienda Tirados, Virgin of Sorrows New!
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Through the centuries the churches of Mexico have served their communities as true sanctuaries - places of quiet refuge for personal communion with saints and places of public worship for the reaffirmation of shared beliefs. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ranch chapel, altar screens, mission church Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New World, Santo Domingo, San Miguel de Allende, Christ of the Cane, Mexico City, Hacienda Tirados, Virgin of Sorrows New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Place No One Knew - Glen Canyon on the Colorado by Eliot Porter in Back Flap
- The Oxford Book of Latin American Essays by Ilan Stavans on 4 pages
- Mexico (Insight Guide Mexico) by Insight Guides in Back Matter
- The Nature of Ornament: Rhythm and Metamorphosis in Architecture (Norton Books for Architects & Designers) by Kent Bloomer in Back Matter
- The Churches and Chapels of San Miguel de Allende by Robert de Gast in Front Matter
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