Author: Damian, Carol
Title: The Virgin of the Andes: Art and Ritual in Colonial Cuzco
Description: Miami Beach, Florida, Grassfield Press, 1995. Hardcover. Black cloth with gilt lettering; green DJ with color-illustration and white and gilt lettering; 110 pp.; richly illustrated. "Reconstructs the history of the Virgin of Cuzco who, as a fusion of indigenous Andean and Spanish Christian beliefs and practices, represents both the Virgin Mary and Pachamama. Includes background chapters on Andean and Spanish beliefs and art. Major, mostly original work illuminates multiple aspects of the outlooks of both peoples as reflected in their religious iconography during the colonial period. Magnificently illustrated"-- Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. VG (Extremely light edgewear to boards; interior is clean; binding is solid.)/VG (Extremely light edgewear to DJ.).

Keywords: Religions and Religious People, Peru, Virgin Mary, Iconography ; the Virgin Mary in Peruvian Painting ; ; Iconography


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