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Author:

McVicker, Mary Frech.

Title:

Adela Breton : a Victorian artist amid Mexico's ruins / Mary F. McVicker.

Publisher:

University of New Mexico Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

vi, 218 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Breton, Adela,--1849-1923--Travel--Mexico.
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.
Indian architecture--Mexico.
Women artists--Mexico--Biography.
Mexico--In art.
Indians in art.
Mexico--Antiquities.
Breton, Adela,--1849-1923.
Indiens d'Amérique--Mexique--Antiquités.
Architecture précolombienne--Mexique.
Mexique dans l'art.
Indiens d'Amérique dans l'art.
Femmes artistes--Mexique--Biographies.
Mexique--Antiquités.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references p. (215-216) and index.

Contents:

The Bretons of Bath -- Early years -- The freedom of travel -- The grand tour of Mexico -- Painting on the grand tour -- Refining the focus -- Teopancaxco : the art of recording the ruins -- Pablo -- Sorting out -- Chichén Itzá -- Life begins at fifty -- The extraordinary undertaking : the murals in the upper Temple of the Jaguars -- The professionalization of Adela -- Don Alfredo -- The 1902 Congress of Americanists -- Back to work -- Dredging the Cenote -- The passing of Pablo -- Drawing and dredging -- Adela at work -- Acanceh: The palace of the stuccoes -- Study abroad -- A scholar, not a painter -- Organizing an international meeting -- The 1912 Congress of Americanists -- Aftermath -- The manuscript collectors -- The onset of the war -- In search of health -- Home again -- Last travels.

ISBN:

9780826336781 (cloth : alk. paper)
0826336787 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005017754

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)