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Art and Artists - Latin America and Caribbean -

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 8 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Secrets of Spinning, Weaving and Knitting in the Peruvian Highlands by Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez
    Secrets of Spinning, Weaving and Knitting in the Peruvian Highlands - by Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez

    £20.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780998452357 | ISBN 10: 0998452351

    Ten years after the publication of her seminal book Weaving in the Peruvian Highlands, twenty years after founding the iconic Center for Tradition Textiles of Cusco, Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez provides an inspirational new view into the world of Andea ... more

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  • Cover image of book Life Portraits: Frida Kahlo by Zena Alkayat, illustrated by Nina Cosford
    Life Portraits: Frida Kahlo - by Zena Alkayat, illustrated by Nina Cosford

    £12.00   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780711237162 | ISBN 10: 0711237166

    This beautifully illustrated biography follows Frida Kahlo's exceptional life and work, and celebrates the Mexican icon's immense legacy.  From a young age, Kahlo forged her own path, overcoming polio as a child, and stoically battling the a ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Day of the Dead: Art, Inspiration & Counter Culture by Russ Thorne
    The Day of the Dead: Art, Inspiration & Counter Culture - by Russ Thorne

    £20.00   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781783616091 | ISBN 10: 1783616091

    The Day of the Dead is a festival of culture and youth, a feast of the senses and celebration of life in death. Originating in Mexico and the Latin American countries it began as a way of remembering departed relatives, as a means of embracing rather ... more

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  • Cover image of book Women Street Artists of Latin America: Art Without Fear by Rachel Cassandra & Lauren Gucik
    Women Street Artists of Latin America: Art Without Fear - by Rachel Cassandra & Lauren Gucik

    £16.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781933149912 | ISBN 10: 1933149914

    In this groundbreaking, in-depth look at a rarely explored perspective of street art, more than twenty female artists from seven nations in Latin America discuss themes of social justice, artist process, community, visibility, feminism, and more. &nb ... more

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  • Cover image of book To Defend the Revolution is to Defend Culture: The Cultural Policy of the Cuban Revolution by Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt
    To Defend the Revolution is to Defend Culture: The Cultural Policy of the Cuban Revolution - by Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt

    £17.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781629631042 | ISBN 10: 1629631043

    Grounded in painstaking research, To Defend the Revolution Is to Defend Culture revisits the circumstances which led to the arts being embraced at the heart of the Cuban Revolution. Introducing the main protagonists to the debate, this previously unt ... more

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  • Cover image of book Frida Kahlo: The Artist in the Blue House by Magdalena Holzhey
    Frida Kahlo: The Artist in the Blue House - by Magdalena Holzhey

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9783791372297 | ISBN 10: 3791372297

    Parrots, trees, deer, family members, friends, flowers, the sun and the moon-Frida Kahlo's use of symbolism and colour wonderfully lends itself to teaching children about the artistic process. Through illustrations of her work and photographs of Kahl ... more

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  • Cover image of book Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera by Sandra Egnolff and Isabel Alcántara
    Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera - by Sandra Egnolff and Isabel Alcántara

    £10.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9783791346151 | ISBN 10: 3791346156

    Now available again, this bestselling book reveals the story of two creative geniuses, their important contributions to twentieth-century art, and their tumultuous romance.   This captivating book delves into the forces that shaped Frida K ... more

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  • Cover image of book Calaveras: Mexican Prints for the Day of the Dead by Redstone Press
    Calaveras: Mexican Prints for the Day of the Dead - by Redstone Press

    £9.99   hardback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781870003575 | ISBN 10: 1870003578

    Calaveras (Spanish for skulls) are produced every year for the Day of the Dead a day of festivity when prints, skeletal artefacts, toys, cakes and sweets are sold and ritualistic offerings made to dead relatives.   The great Mexican printmake ... more

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