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Colonial Mexico
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Index
| Illustrations of the colonial art in states mentioned in the text
4 – 15 | Mexico City
15 – 21 | State of Mexico
22 – 25 | Hidalgo
26 – 27 | Morelos
28 – 29 | Guerrero
30 – 31 | Tlaxcala
32 – 45 | Puebla
46 | Veracruz
47 – 57 | Queretaro
58 – 64 | Guanajuato
65 | Aguascalientes
66 – 67 | San Luis Potosi
68 – 72 | Zacatecas
73 – 76 | Jalisco
77 – 82 | Michoacan
83 – 97 | Oaxaca
92 – 94 | Chiapas
95 – 97 | Yucatan
98 | Durango
99 | Chihuahua
100 – 109 | Illustrations of the other art forms
100 – 111 | Map
| TOPICS
3 | Introduction
4 | ART OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
7 | Atriums
7 | Capillas posas
8 | Atrium crosses
9 | Open Chapels
15 | Convents
17 | Churches
18 | Convent Clusters
27 | Basilicas
31 | OTHER SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ARCHITECTURAL WORKS
31 | Water management
31 | Dwelling houses
34 | Paintings
41 | Sculpture
42 | Corn stalk figures
24 | Retables (Altarpieces)
45 | Feather mosaic
46 | Cathedrals
52 | SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ART THE BAROQUE
61 | Nunnery churches
61 | Evolution of the baroque
71 | Other expressions of the baroque
73 | Estipite baroque
80 | Other types of architecture
83 | Baroque altarpieces
91 | Painting
96 | Statues
96 | Neoclassical art
105 | Music and literature
106 | Work in gold, silver and other metals
107 | Furniture
Author
Eugenio Noriega Robles
Photos by:
Giovanni Dagli Orti, Michael Calderwood, Walter Reuter, Javier Hinojosa, Adalberto Rios, Michel Zabé, Guillermo Aldana
192 Photos-Illustrations
112 Pages
Softcover
26 x 20 cm – 10.24 x 7.87 in
ISBN 968 6434 72 0
Other languages
$415.00Add to cart
Contents
With the fall of Tenochtitlán on August 13, 1521, the colonial period began. On one hand, the conquistadors found themselves with a territory dominated by profane and idolatrous beliefs. It thus became essential to bring religious orders from Spain (Franciscans, Dominicans, Augustinians, Jesuits, etc.). On the other, it was also necessary to redesign the pre-Hispanic cities, which gradually began to adopt a European appearance. The result of all this was the construction of innumerable buildings, both religious and civil: churches, atriums, monasteries and cloisters, as well as palaces, hospitals, colleges, hospices, bulwarks and aqueducts.
Some of these constructions are masterworks, among them the Church of Santo Domingo in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Morelia Cathedral, the Cabañas Hospice, the Royal Chapel of Cholula, the Palafoxian Library, the Augustine Church of Actopan, the Mining Palace, the Convent of La Merced and the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City.
Colonial Mexico is a complete guide to all these constructions which were built in Mexico between 1521 and 1821. Its images provide evidence of the skills attained in the architectural arts. This book is also a valuable source of information on painting, sculpture, altarpieces and metalwork.
Did you know that the colonial epoch in Mexico began in the year 1521 when the City of Mexico-Tenochtitlán fell into the hands of the Spaniards and ended in 1821 when independence was declared.
During this period of 300 years of Spanish domination, known as the Colonial Epoch, its own art originated and flowered, a product of the clash and fusion of two cultures, which vigorously reveals a characteristic: Mexican style.