The Lienzo of Tlapiltepec

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The Lienzo of Tlapiltepec is written by Arni Brownstone and published by University of Oklahoma Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0806151528 (ISBN 10) and 9780806151526 (ISBN 13).

In four chapters, a foreword, preface, and two appendices accompanied by detailed, full-color illustrations, scholars Arni Brownstone, Nicholas Johnson, Bas van Doesburg, Eckehard Dolinski, Michael Swanton, and Elizabeth Hill Boone describe what a lienzo is and how it was made. They also explain the particular origin, format, and content of the Lienzo of Tlapiltepec—as well as its place within the larger world of Mexican painted history. The contributors furthermore explore the artistry and visual experience of the work. A final essay documents past illustrations of the lienzo including the one rendered for this book, which employed innovative processes to recover long faded colors.