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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Descansos: The Sacred Landscape of New Mexico

Descansos: The Sacred Landscape of New Mexico

Grider, Sylvia Ann
Alessi, Joan E.

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ISBN10: 0976252392
ISBN13: 9780976252399
Publisher: Fresco Fine Art Publishing
Published: Jan 1 2007
Pages: 79
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.35 Width: 11.96 Depth: 10.49
Language: English
Santa Fe photographer Joan Alessi provides a polychromatic exposition of New Mexico's traditional roadside memorials, descansos, as an art form. Her stunning photography captures the artistic attributes of these decorative crosses while preserving their religious and cultural integrity. tradition of roadside memorials. These religious markers are not in themselves unique to the southwestern United States. Rather, they are a universal phenomenon with a long and curious history. The term descanso (literally translated as resting place), however, may have indeed originated among the Spanish-speaking vecinos of New Mexico.

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