Association for Latin American Art
Drawing Blood: Images of Sacrifice and Identity in Mexico, Pre-Hispanic to the Present
Saturday, February 17, 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
Madison Suite, 2nd Floor, Hilton New York
Chairs: Juliet Wiersema, University of Maryland; Pamela Huckins, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Aztec Royal Bloodletting and the Postbellum Reinvention of a Sculptural Genre
William L. Barnes, Saginaw Valley State University
The Significance of Extreme Violence in Franciscan Martyr Portraits
Chad Alvarez, Harvard University
Blood as Symbol of Sacrifice and Redemption in Codex Delilah
Ann Marie Leimer, University of Redlands
David Stuart, University of Texas, Austin