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The colors of the New World : artists, materials, and the creation of the Florentine Codex / Diana Magaloni Kerpel

by Diana Kerpel

An analysis of the Florentine Codex, a 16th-century encyclopaedia of Central Mexican culture. This volume investigates the symbolic significance of pigments used in the manuscript's illustrations, which integrate indigenous and European traditions.

Accession 8012 ISBN 9781606063293 Publisher The Getty Research Institute
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