Johns Hopkins Magazine -- November 1998

NOVEMBER 1998
CONTENTS

H U M A N I T I E S A N D T H E A R T S

Santos:
The Art of Devotion

San Juan de Capistrano
by Jacobo de la Serna

This three-dimensional piece has had layer upon layer built up by applying and carving gesso--a gypsum mixture santeros commonly use to provide a painting surface on a retablo.

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