KACHINAS / SAINTS a Contrast in Style and Culture [SOLD]

KACHINAS / SAINTS a Contrast in Style and Culture

George Mills, Assistant Director, Taylor Museum

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

Softcover, 50 pages, illustrated in color and black and white

The making of santos as a folk art lasted from one hundred to one hundred and fifty years.  It began some time following the reconquest of New Mexico in 1693 and continued until about the middle of the 19th century.  We do not know when the carving of kachinas, an art still vital to the Pueblo people, was initiated but it is probably of fairly recent origin.  This exhibit compared the Spanish santos and the Pueblo katsinas.

Contents

Similarity of Concept: The Heroes

Differences of Execution: Nature of the Beings

Differences of Execution: The Warrior

Differences of Execution: Organization of the Beings

Differences of Execution: Group and Individual Effectiveness

Differences of Execution: Representation of the Beings

Differences of Execution: Age

Differences of Execution: Man and Woman

Differences of Execution: Feet and Legs

Differences of Execution: Flagellation and Death