San Antonio College Library

A study of Maya art, its subject matter and historical development ... 1975.

This book is the first comprehensive study and reinterpretation of the unique arts of Teotihuacan, including architecture, sculpture, mural painting, and ceramics. Comparing the arts of Teotihuacan - not previously judged "artistic"--With those of other ancient civilizations, Esther Pasztory demonstrates how they created and reflected the community's ideals. Pasztory argues that, unlike the art of other Mesoamerican groups, the art of Teotihuacan...

The city of San Luis Potosí sponsors a yearly competition prompting the creation of oversized paper grotesques called "los judas," symbolizing the evils of society. The burning of these creations on the day before Easter is another artistic endeavor of pyrotechnics.