Donald Bush Cordry (1907–1978)
Autor/a de Mexican masks
Sobre l'autor
Crèdit de la imatge: Donald and Dorothy Cordry San Pablo, Nayarit, 1937
Obres de Donald Bush Cordry
The Bead Journal: A Quarterly Publication of Ancient and Ethnic Jewelry (Spring, 1975) (1975) 6 exemplars
Costumes and Textiles of the Aztec Indians of the Cuetzalan Region, Puebla, Mexico (1940) 4 exemplars
Mexican Indian Costumes. Text by Donald and Dorothy Cordry. Photographs by Donald Cordry, Etc 2 exemplars
Los Angeles. Southwest museum. Papers 2 exemplars
By Donald Bush Cordry Mexican Masks: Their Uses and Symbolism (1st First Edition) [Hardcover] (1980) 1 exemplars
Southwest Museum Papers, Number Fifteen: Costumes and Weaving of the Zoque Indians of the Chiapas, Mexico (1941) 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Cordry, Donald Bush
- Data de naixement
- 1907-11-25
- Data de defunció
- 1978-08-30
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
- Llocs de residència
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
New York, New York, USA
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico - Educació
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- Professions
- ethnographer
puppeteer
carver - Premis i honors
- Fray Bernardino de Sahagun Award 1968
Membres
Ressenyes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 12
- Membres
- 142
- Popularitat
- #144,865
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 1
- ISBN
- 7
To be fair the publisher said he fines herd the book only 2 days before he died and it was nearly 3 years later before it was published. He very well may have been trying to write two different books and his wife & UT just put them together for their simplicity.
What I liked best was the reflection of masks and dances that were continued to be used after most villagers converted to Christianity, such as images of bad gods having horns added to make them devils & demons and changing others, like say replacing a fertility god with the virgin Mary. Though most regions this is not so.
Some of his personal 1970s biases were present, like blaming the Catholic Church for opressing history, and defining art as something men did while crafts being women's work.
Given that I still was able to get done with in in like 2 weeks I believe it was worthy of "I liked it" = 3 Stars.… (més)