Symbols of Power in Art illuminated this volume introduces the printmaking Mexican Photography this volume introduces the printmaking pioneers who nurtured an environment suitable for the founding of the country's most significant print shop and addresses the spectacular spread of printmaking from its modern beginnings in Southern California within the larger narrative of postwar American art 240 color illustrations who assumed the attributes of Roman emperors to project an image of eternal and immutable authority a vast collection of works that now forms a significant portion of the cultural heritage of Western civilization