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A Century of Retablos: Janis and Dennis Lyon. 10/24-1/14/10

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Event	A Century of Retablos: Janis and Dennis Lyon. 10/24-1/14/10
When	Saturday, November 14, 2009
Where	Montgomery, Alabama 36117
Event details
Details	A rich tradition of religious painting flourished in the Southwest in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In this era of Spanish Colonial rule, painters and their workshops created wooden panels embellished with images from the lives of the saints and other holy figures. These panels, known as retablos, were visual narratives created for churches and homes as aides to veneration of the Saints. This exhibition, organized by the Phoenix Art Museum, features ninety-three Spanish colonial wooden retablos of New Mexico drawn from one of the most complete collections of this work in the United States. The artists, or santeros, were self-taught, and these images continue to influence the contemporary production of folk art in the Southwest.
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Contact	Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Wynton M. Blount Cultural Park One Museum Drive Montgomery, Alabama 36117 Phone: 334.240.4333 Fax: 334.240.4384 TTY: 334.244.5752 Email: museuminfo@mmfa.org
Sponsors	Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Web site	For more information, see http://www.mmfa.org/exhibitions.cfm#97
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