Images take flight: feather art in Mexico and Europe (1400-1700)

Synopsis

This Widely Anticipated Book Offers The First Systematic Study Of Feather Mosaics Created In New Spain In The Context Of A Broader Creative Exchange Between Mesoamerican And European Aesthetics And Materials. Thirty-three Scholars Look At These Unprecedented Feather Artworks That Circulated All Around The World In The 16th And 17th Centuries From A Range Of Vantage Points Including Art History, Anthropology, Collecting And Global History, Natural History, Archeology And Conservation. Planned To Complement A Major International Exhibition Held At The National Museum Of Art (munal) In Mexico City In 2011, The Book Is Organized Thematically And Includes 300 Color Plates Illustrating Feather Mosaics With Their Astonishing Details, As Well As Relevant Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings, Engravings, Books, European Illuminated Manuscripts, Mesoamerican Codices, And Studies Of Natural History.-- Preface / Alessandra Russo, Gerhard Wolf, Diana Fane -- Introductory Essays: A Contemporary Art From New Spain / Alessandra Russo ; Incarnations Of Light: Picturing Feathers In Europe/mexico, Ca. 1400-1600 / Gerhard Wolf ; Feathers, Jade, Turquoise, And Gold / Diana Fane -- I. Flight And Desire: Icarus And The Art Of Flying / Philine Helas ; Under The Sign Of The Sun: Eagle Feathers, Skin, And Insignia In The Mexica World / Leonardo López Luján ; Of Feathers And Songs: Birds Of Rich Plumage In Nahua Cantares / Berenice Alcántara Rojas ; Peacock Feathers And Falconry In The Book Of Hours Of Engelbert Of Nassau / Annette Hoffmann ; “their Treasures Are The Feathers Of Birds”: Tupinambá Featherwork And The Image Of America / Amy J. Buono ; Mexican Feathers For The Emperor Of China: Towards A Global History Of The Arts / Serge Gruzinski -- Ii. Nature Between Art And Science: The Bird In Nature’s Forge / Jean-claude Schmitt ; Birds And Mural Painting: Presence And Significance / María De Lourdes Navarijo Ornelas ; Flight Of Feathers In Italian Collections From The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries / Laura Laurencich-minelli ; “things From Nature” From The New World In Early Modern Bologna / Giuseppe Olmi ; Image And Objective In Early Modern Ornithology / Michael Thimann -- Iii. Itineraries And Offering: Currents Of Water And Fertile Land: The Feather Disk In The Museo Nacional De Antropología, Mexico / Laura Filloy Nadal, María De Lourdes Navarijo Ornelas ; Material Transformations In The Cantares Mexicanos / Gary Tomlinson ; Adarga D-88 Or The Wing Of God / Thomas B. F. Cummins ; The Crozier And The Feather: The Crucifixion Triptych In The Musée De La Renaissance In Écouen / Pascal Mongne ;mexican Featherwork In Austrian Habsburg Collections / Christian Feest ; The Amantecayotl, Transfigured Light / Elena Isabel Estrada De Gerlero ; From Paper To Feathers: The Holy Names Of Jesus And Mary From Europe To Mexico Corinna / Tania Gallori -- Iv. The Feather In Place: Amantecayotl Glyphs In The Florentine Codex / Frances F. Berdan ; Materials And Technique Of The Feather Shield Preserved In Vienna Renée Riedler The Feather Fan In The Peabody Essex Museum / Paula Bradstreet Richter, Mimi Leveque, Kathryn Myatt Carey ; K’uk’umal Chilil Thefeathered Huipil Of Zinacantán / Ricardo Martínez Hernández -- V. Shimmering To The Eye: Real And Illusory Feather: Pigments, Painting Techniques, And The Use Of Color In Ancient Mesoamerica/; Diana Magaloni Kerpel ; The Radiance Of Feathers / Dúrdica Ségota ; Reinventing The Devotional Image: Seventeenth-century Feather Paintings / Luisa Elena Alcalá ; The Virgin Of Guadalupe In Featherwork / Jamie Cuadriello ; The Feather Mosaics In The Museo Nacional De México / Catalina Rodríguez Lazcano ; Displaying Featherwork: What History Tells Us / Ellen J. Pearlstein -- Appendix Inventory Of Extant Featherwork From Mesoamerica And New Spain / Alessandra Russo. Editors: Alessandra Russo, Gerhard Wolf, Diana Fane ; Contributors: Berenice Alcántara Rojas [and Thirty-one Others]. A Publication Of The Kunsthistorisches Institut In Florenz - Max-planck-institut, Florence In Collaboration With The Museo Nacional De Arte (munal), Mexico City--page 480. This Publication ... Is Conceived To Be A Book On Its Own Rather Than An Exhibition Catalogue. It Presents And Studies Groups Of Objects From The Point Of View Of The Scholars Who Participated In The Project, Rather Than Individual Entries On The Works Included In The Show--page 10, With Regard To The Exhibition, Curated By The Editors, El Vuelo De Las Imagenes: Arte Plumario En México Y Europa, Held March 24-june 19, 2011 At The Museo Nacional De Arte, Mexico City. Includes Bibliographical References.