Viva Guadalupe!: The Virgin in New Mexican Popular Art: The Virgin in New Mexican Popular Art
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ISBN: 0890133212 / Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press, June 1997
Seeks to identify the mythic symbols and historic and personal stories these beautiful textiles contain.
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For over three hundred years, Our Lady of Guadalupe in her Mexican invocation has been celebrated in New Mexico. Our Lady of Guadalupe, the famous image of Mary in a body halo, has transcended the bounds of religion and institution to become an iconic folk symbol of the spirit that unifies and protects. This is a visual celebration of this powerful devotion and of the multifaceted images that artists, folk artists, and everyday devotees create in the name of Nuestra Señora.
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