Stories in Red and Black: Pictorial Histories of the Aztecs and Mixtecs

by Elizabeth Hill Boone

Book Overview

Winner, Arvey Award, Association for Latin American Art, 2001
Honorable Mention, Honorable Mention, George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award, Art Libraries Society of North America, 2001

The Aztecs and Mixtecs of ancient Mexico recorded their histories pictorially in images painted on hide, paper, and cloth. The tradition of painting history continued even after the Spanish Conquest, as the Spaniards accepted the pictorial histories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292719892
• ISBN13: 9780292719897
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 11.0"