CONVERGING STREAMS Art of the Hispanic and Native American Southwest

CONVERGING STREAMS Art of the Hispanic and Native American Southwest

Edited by William Wroth and Robin Farwell Gavin

Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, Santa Fe

Museum of New Mexico Press

Softcover, first edition, 2010.  283 pages, beautifully illustrated

Condition: good

From the Book:

In this pioneering publication, eleven authors examine various art forms of the greater Southwest from a new perspective — that of the interaction between, rather than the division among, various cultures and their aesthetic viewpoints. Instead of looking at what separates the art of the Hispanos and Native peoples of the Southwest, the authors look at their commonalities. They examine the materials, techniques, motifs, and designs that were shared among the diverse peoples of the Southwest. This exchange and interchange of ideas and forms in some cases evolved into new forms of artistic expression, unique to the region and to the social, cultural and political circumstances of production.

Eleven scholars explore the impact of cultural interaction on the art forms of textiles, architecture, furniture, ceramics, metalwork, agriculture, painting, sculpture, and performance and ceremonial arts. Over 150 art works and photographs gathered from 16 museums and private collections across the country are testimony to the unique American aesthetic that developed from this dynamic cultural exchange.

CONTENTS

Preface

     William Wroth and Robin Farwell Gavin

Coyote Convergence: Introduction Through Interrogation

     Esteban Rael-Gǻlvez

Contact, Change, and Choice in the Pueblo World

     Cynthia Chavez Lamar

Creating a New Mexico Style

     Robin Farwell Gavin

Cross-Cultural Exchange in Native American and Hispanic Architecture of the Southwest

     James E. Ivey

Agricultural Convergence in the Indian-Spanish Southwest

     Mark Simmons

The Meaning and Role of Sacred Images in Indigenous and Hispanic Cultures of Mexico and the Southwest

     William Wroth

Three Southwest Textile Traditions

     Ann Lane Hedlund

Pueblo Furniture Making in New Mexico

     Keith Bakker

The Tale of Hispanic Pottery in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century New Mexico

     Charles M. Carrillo

Early Jewelry of the Pueblos, Navajos, and Hispanos of New Mexico

     Lane Coulter

Santiago y La Cruz Emplumada / St. James and the Plumed Cross:

Indo-Hispano Artifacts of Resistance and Redemption

     Enrique R. Lamadrid

Converging Streams: Objects from the Exhibition