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Although there are several studies on pre-Columbian textiles, this is the first book I am aware of that deals with colonial textile arts. Clothing the New World Church allows for comparisons between different native traditions, colonial economies, and church styles. -Andres I. Prieto, author of Missionary Scientists Stanfield-Mazzi celebrates the vibrant transformation of Amerindian and European textile traditions crafted for a Spanish American Church that was 'shrouded in cloth.' Her insightful, fully-documented Clothing the New World Church analyzes the fabrics' materiality and techne, their warp and weft serving as an appropriate metaphor for a remarkable trans-Atlantic synthesis. -Jeanette F. Peterson, author of The Paradise Garden Murals of Malinalco

Although there are several studies on pre-Columbian textiles, this is the first book I am aware of that deals with colonial textile arts. Clothing the New World Church allows for comparisons between different native traditions, colonial economies, and church styles. -Andres I. Prieto, author of Missionary Scientists Stanfield-Mazzi celebrates the vibrant transformation of Amerindian and European textile traditions crafted for a Spanish American Church that was 'shrouded in cloth.' Her insightful, fully documented Clothing the New World Church analyzes the fabrics' materiality and techne, their warp and weft serving as an appropriate metaphor for a remarkable transatlantic synthesis. -Jeanette F. Peterson, author of The Paradise Garden Murals of Malinalco Maya Stanfield-Mazzi's book provides the first broad survey of church textiles of Spanish America, demonstrating that, while overlooked, textiles were a vital part of visual culture in the Catholic Church. -Trebuchet Maya Stanfield-Mazzi provides the first comprehensive survey of church adornment with textiles, addressing how these works helped establish Christianity in Spanish America and expand it over four centuries. Including more than 180 photos, the book examines both imported and indigenous textiles used in the church, compiling works that are now scattered around the world and reconstructing their original contexts. -American Catholic Studies Newsletter

Although there are several studies on pre-Columbian textiles, this is the first book I am aware of that deals with colonial textile arts. Clothing the New World Church allows for comparisons between two different native traditions, colonial economies, and church styles. -Andres I. Prieto, author of Missionary Scientists Stanfield-Mazzi celebrates the vibrant transformation of Amerindian and European textile traditions crafted for a Spanish American Church that was 'shrouded in cloth.' Her insightful, fully-documented Clothing the New World Church analyzes the fabrics' materiality and techne, their warp and weft serving as an appropriate metaphor for a remarkable trans-Atlantic synthesis. -Jeanette F. Peterson, author of The Paradise Garden Murals of Malinalco

Although there are several studies on pre-Columbian textiles, this is the first book I am aware of that deals with colonial textile arts. Clothing the New World Church allows for comparisons between different native traditions, colonial economies, and church styles. -Andres I. Prieto, author of Missionary Scientists Stanfield-Mazzi celebrates the vibrant transformation of Amerindian and European textile traditions crafted for a Spanish American Church that was 'shrouded in cloth.' Her insightful, fully documented Clothing the New World Church analyzes the fabrics' materiality and techne, their warp and weft serving as an appropriate metaphor for a remarkable transatlantic synthesis. -Jeanette F. Peterson, author of The Paradise Garden Murals of Malinalco

Although there are several studies on pre-Columbian textiles, this is the first book I am aware of that deals with colonial textile arts. Clothing the New World Church allows for comparisons between two different native traditions, colonial economies, and church styles. -Andres I. Prieto, author of Missionary Scientists Although there are several studies on pre-Columbian textiles, this is the first book I am aware of that deals with colonial textile arts. Clothing the New World Church allows for comparisons between different native traditions, colonial economies, and church styles. -Andres I. Prieto, author of Missionary Scientists Stanfield-Mazzi celebrates the vibrant transformation of Amerindian and European textile traditions crafted for a Spanish American Church that was 'shrouded in cloth.' Her insightful, fully-documented Clothing the New World Church analyzes the fabrics' materiality and techne, their warp and weft serving as an appropriate metaphor for a remarkable trans-Atlantic synthesis. -Jeanette F. Peterson, author of The Paradise Garden Murals of Malinalco

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Maya Stanfield-Mazzi is an associate professor of art history at the University of Florida. She is the author of Object and Apparition: Envisioning the Christian Divine in the Colonial Andes.

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