Foundational arts : mural painting and missionary theater in New Spain / Michael K. Schuessler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schuessler, Michael Karl.

Contributor:

Martínez Vega, Leonardo.

Standardized Title:

Artes de fundación. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Missions--History--16th century.

Indians of Mexico.

Theater--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History.

Theater.

Religious drama--History--16th century.

Religious drama.

Mural painting and decoration, Mexican--16th century.

Mural painting and decoration, Mexican.

Arts and religion--Mexico--History--16th century.

Arts and religion.

Evangelistic work--Mexico--History--16th century.

Evangelistic work.

Catholic Church--Mexico--History--16th century.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Foundational Arts examines how the relationships between mural painting and missionary theater became a transcultural process for mass conversion of Native populations to Christianity. Schuessler studies the New World expressions of dramatic and plastic arts and how they became the tools of European friars to Christianize Native peoples and ultimately create a new literary and artistic tradition"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Texts and contexts: 'bookish' architecture, mural painting, and theatricality in colonial Mexico

Toward a literature of foundations. Indo-Christian literature: renascent genres

Ethno-dramatic performances in pre-Hispanic Mexico: rite, theater or spiritual performance?

Nahuatl missionary theater

Renascent genres in New Spain. The evangelization of the imaginary: catechesis and education in New Spain

Mural painting in New Spain: a singular artistic expression

Iconography and evangelization. New World iconology

The Augustinian monastery at San Miguel Itzmiquilpan

Itzmiquilpan's pictorial program and the 'Service codex'

The Last Judgment: mural painting and missionary theater. Franciscan and Augustinian millennialism

Andres de Olmos's El Juicio Final (the Last Judgment): New Spain's first religious drama

The mural cycle at San Nicolás Actopan

Final considerations

Appendix: The Last Judgment, attributed to fray Andres de Olmos.

Notes:

"This book is a translation, with modifications, of Artes de fundación: Teatro evangelizador y pintura mural en la Nueva España, by Michael K. Schuessler."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on a print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-9913-0

OCLC:

868971824