Donald Bush Cordry (1907–1978)
Autor(a) de Mexican masks
About the Author
Image credit: Donald and Dorothy Cordry San Pablo, Nayarit, 1937
Obras por Donald Bush Cordry
The Bead Journal: A Quarterly Publication of Ancient and Ethnic Jewelry (Spring, 1975) (1975) 6 exemplares
Costumes and Textiles of the Aztec Indians of the Cuetzalan Region, Puebla, Mexico (1940) 4 exemplares
Mexican Indian Costumes. Text by Donald and Dorothy Cordry. Photographs by Donald Cordry, Etc 2 exemplares
Los Angeles. Southwest museum. Papers 2 exemplares
By Donald Bush Cordry Mexican Masks: Their Uses and Symbolism (1st First Edition) [Hardcover] (1980) 1 exemplar
Southwest Museum Papers, Number Fifteen: Costumes and Weaving of the Zoque Indians of the Chiapas, Mexico (1941) 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Cordry, Donald Bush
- Data de nascimento
- 1907-11-25
- Data de falecimento
- 1978-08-30
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
- Locais de residência
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
New York, New York, USA
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico - Educação
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- Ocupações
- ethnographer
puppeteer
carver - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Fray Bernardino de Sahagun Award 1968
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Críticas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 12
- Membros
- 142
- Popularidade
- #144,865
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 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.… (mais)