The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection
Author : William Slattery Lieberman
Publisher : New York : Hudson Hills Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 33,5 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
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Author : William Slattery Lieberman
Publisher : New York : Hudson Hills Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 33,5 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
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Author : Marion Oettinger, Jr.
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 38,21 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : ART
ISBN : 161192149X
In his foreword, former New York governor and vice president of the United States Nelson A. Rockefeller remembers his first trip to Mexico in 1933 and his subsequent, life-long fascination with the Mexican people and their popular art. Rockefeller's collection of more than 3,000 pieces of Mexican folk art is widely considered to be the most exceptional in the U.S., and Folk Treasures of Mexico celebrates these icons, created from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, with more than 150 photos of the pieces, many of which are quite rare. This updated edition of the long out-of-print book focusing on this stunning collection of Mexican folk art contains a new foreword by Rockefeller's daughter, Ann Rockefeller Roberts, and a new prologue by Marion Oettinger, Jr., the director of the San Antonio Museum of Art, who wrote the principal text about the collection. Oettinger describes the objects according to function: utilitarian, ceremonial, decorative, or for play. Among the many noteworthy objects are a wooden-carved centurion helmet mask from the eighteenth century depicting a Roman guard, which is one of the few remaining masks of this type in existence, and a nineteenth century ceramic pitcher from Oaxaca that combines many stylistic techniques. Other objects include a variety of children's toys, clothing, and items for eating and drinking. First published in 1990, the book also contains the original preface by Rockefeller's daughter, who was instrumental in finding permanent homes for her father's collection, which can now be found in the San Antonio Museum of Art and the Mexican Museum in San Francisco. Including a glossary, bibliography, and chronology, Folk Treasures of Mexico is a must-read for anyone interested in Latin American art, culture, and history.
Author : Nelson Rockefeller Collection, Inc
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,85 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Arts
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Page : pages
File Size : 15,50 MB
Release : 1978
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Author : Mexican Museum
Publisher : Chronicle Books (CA)
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 37,38 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Art
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Author : Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
Publisher :
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,22 MB
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Art, Primitive
ISBN : 9780500233023
Author : Gerard Colby
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 781 pages
File Size : 26,13 MB
Release : 2017-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1504048393
A “blistering exposé” of the USA’s secret history of financial, political, and cultural exploitation of Latin America in the 20th century, with a new introduction (Publishers Weekly). What happened when a wealthy industrialist and a visionary evangelist unleashed forces that joined to subjugate an entire continent? Historians Gerard Colby and Charlotte Dennett tell the story of the forty-year campaign led by Standard Oil scion Nelson Rockefeller and Wycliffe Bible Translators founder William Cameron Townsend to establish a US imperial beachhead in Central and South America. Beginning in the 1940s, future Vice President Rockefeller worked with the CIA and allies in the banking industry to prop up repressive governments, devastate the Amazon rain forest, and destabilize local economies—all in the name of anti-Communism. Meanwhile, Townsend and his army of missionaries sought to undermine the belief systems of the region’s indigenous peoples and convert them to Christianity. Their combined efforts would have tragic and long-lasting repercussions, argue the authors of this “well-documented” (Los Angeles Times) book—the product of eighteen years of research—which legendary progressive historian Howard Zinn called “an extraordinary piece of investigative history. Its message is powerful, its data overwhelming and impressive.”
Author : Dorothy Canning Miller
Publisher :
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 44,82 MB
Release : 1981
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Page : 50 pages
File Size : 36,50 MB
Release : 197?
Category : Art
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A catalog of reproductions from the collection of Nelson Rockefeller offered for sale by Neiman-Marcus of Dallas, TX.
Author : William S. Lieberman
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,81 MB
Release : 1982
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