A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery is a comprehensive and insightful guide originally delivered as a series of lectures by Juliet Corson, a renowned authority on household management and cookery in the late 19th century. This book is designed to educate readers—particularly women—on the essential principles of domestic economy, emphasizing the importance …
El estudio sobre las relaciones entre pintura y código lingüístico en el arte colonial neogranadino, se concentra en la revisión de tres textos neogranadinos: la colección de retratos dedicados a las monjas muertas o monjas coronadas y las obras de Francisco Álvarez de Velasco y Pedro de Solís y Valenzuela. Otros textos coloniales son tenidos en cuenta como referencias para la investigac…
Rigby's Reliable Candy Teacher and Soda and Ice Cream Formulas is a comprehensive guidebook originally published in the early 20th century, designed for both aspiring and experienced confectioners, soda fountain operators, and ice cream makers. This detailed manual offers a wealth of practical knowledge, featuring hundreds of tested recipes and formulas for creating a wide variety of candies, c…
A New Deal for Navajo Weaving provides a detailed history of early to mid-twentieth-century Diné weaving projects by non-Natives who sought to improve the quality and marketability of Navajo weaving but in so doing failed to understand the cultural significance of weaving and its role in the lives of Diné women. By the 1920s the durability and market value of Diné weavings had declined dram…
Este libro abre un debate sobre el museo contemporáneo. Juan José Santos Mateo plantea una noción alternativa y radical: el museo hechizo, un espacio vivo, efímero y horizontal, que se teje en diálogo directo con agentes del arte y comunidades. Frente al peso del museo tradicional, lastrado por jerarquías y herencias coloniales, el museo hechizo se presenta como una forma de resistencia, …
"Sergeant… there is a brewery here!" shouted Private Lutje into the tent of his commanding officer. His regiment had just set up camp outside of Tucson. It was spring. The year was 1866. And the good private had reason to be shocked. How could anyone brew beer in the desert? The water was alkaline (when it was fit to drink at all), grains were scarce, bottles were in short supply, and refrige…
Using a combination of articles and interviews, the book introduces nine contemporary drawing projects that embrace an expansive definition of the discipline, and use their drawing practice to consider how place is understood and made. Drawing as Placemaking focuses on how drawings and drawing processes can examine and articulate our relationships to placemaking, to our concepts of home, to hi…
According to the Navajos, the holy people Spider Man and Spider Woman first brought the tools for weaving to the People. Over the centuries Navajo artists have used those tools to weave a web of beauty—a rich tradition that continues to the present day. In testimony to this living art form, this book presents 74 dazzling color plates of Navajo rugs and wall hangings woven between 1971 and 19…
An inspiring guide to creating beautiful art through gel plate printing, collage and painting. Embark on a journey into the addictive world of gel plate printing and explore the endless creative possibilities that this form of monoprinting offers with experienced mixed media artist Susan McCreevy as your guide. Without the need to be in a printmaker's studio the reusable gel plates allow you t…
More than one hundred authentic recipes center around Hopi staples of beans, corn, wheat, chilies, meat, gourds, and native greens and fruits.