[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Museo de Santos y su colección: Origen, desarrollo, clausura [Museo de Santos and its collection: Origin, development, closure] by Francisco Toste Santana, is now out there for buy. The e book focuses on the custom Puerto Rican santos de palo—carved wood figures representing the saints and different figures within the Catholic pantheon—particularly the gathering discovered on the specialised museum, Museo de Santos (also referred to as MUSAN) in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Description: This e book paperwork the efforts and achievements of a gaggle of sculptural artwork lovers who’ve organized efforts to save lots of, preserve, and promote the oldest instance of Puerto Rican cultural heritage: its santos de palo. It presents us with lovely pictures that this affiliation was form sufficient to acquire and to protect of their assortment of well-liked Puerto Rican imagery for the enjoyment of future generations.
These pages hint the event of the group’s efforts to ascertain a museum to protect, restore, research, and promulgate this instance of Creole artwork. [. . .]
Museo de Santos y su colección: Origen, desarrollo, clausura, Francisco Toste Santana
Independently printed, June 2022
88 pages
ISBN 979-8832409818
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