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Director's Foreword 6
Acknowledgements 7
Introduction 8
Ancient Mexico 8
Sources of information 8
Mosaics in the British Museum 11
Antecedents in serpentine and jade 14
The significance of materials 19
Mosaics under the Microscope 24
Microscopy and analysis: the science behind the art 24
Raw materials: selection and procurement 27
Construction of the mosaics 38
The Turquoise Mosaics in the British Museum Collections 42
The masks 42
The helmet 53
The double-headed serpent 54
The shield 59
The mosaic on a human skull 66
The knife 71
The jaguar 78
The animal head 83
Epilogue 85
Notes 86
Glossary of scientific techniques 90
Bibliography 91
Index 94
Picture credits 96
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Julia Aleman
reviewed Turquoise Mosaics from Mexico on July 07, 2014 Turquoise Mosaics from Mexico
Love this little read! It is obvious that the author, Gouveia Georgette, is an admirer of this great artist. An American born of wealthy parents, she becomes attached to the French impressionists - one of two women accepted into the group. Like many, my recollections about Cassatt bring images of women and children. Georgette quickly dispels that one! Cassatt's first success was with genre paintings which show people doing something rather than sitting for a portrait. The first was 'The Mandolin Player' and while it was not the last, two others are equally appealing - 'Bacchante' and 'Torredor'. Except for her renditions of children, her subjects do not look at the artist. Their eyes, their minds and thoughts are elsewhere. I did not like the technique 'Sound Byte' used throughout the book as it doesn't seem to fit the topic of a Victorian artist nor do I always agree with the interpretation of what the subjects might be thinking. However, the works included are enchanting and the descriptions of the works equally so. Certainly Mary Cassatt was an individual and an artist many would have loved to know, including me.
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