A, arte religioso / [investigación : Aníbal Chajón, Guillermo Aguirre, Brenda Porras ; illustraciones : Guillermo Aguirre, acuarelas y planos ; dibujo arquitectónico : Arturo Portillo, jefe de proyecto]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chajón Flores, Anibal Dionisio, researcher.

Porras, Brenda, researcher.

Aguirre, Guillermo, researcher, illustrator.

Portillo, Arturo, editor.

Guatemala (Guatemala). Municipalidad, publisher.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Colonial--Guatemala--Antigua--History.

Architecture, Colonial.

Catholic church buildings--Guatemala--Antigua--History.

Catholic church buildings.

Christian art and symbolism--Guatemala--Antigua.

Christian art and symbolism.

Hispanic American art--Guatemala--Antigua.

Hispanic American art.

Facades--Guatemala--Antigua--Pictorial works.

Facades.

Antigua (Guatemala)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Antigua (Guatemala).

Physical Description:

292 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm. + 1 sheet.

Edition:

Primera edición.

Manufacture:

Ciudad de Guatemala : Mayaprin.

Other Title:

Arte religioso

Place of Publication:

[Ciudad de Guatemala] : Municipalidad de Guatemala, 2019.

Language Note:

In Spanish.

Summary:

A / Arte Religioso summarizes the religious heritage of the historic center of the city of Guatemala. The book is a revised and augmented version of a publication on local religious architecture. The author describes the beginning of religious orders and their work in the Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, highlighting the construction of 27 temples in the Historic Center and its surroundings as well as the artistic work that is protected in these constructions. The publication also includes 4 special articles (disappeared religious architecture, builders in the valley of the Ermita, altarpieces and stained-glass windows) and is accompanied by historical photographs, plans, elevations, watercolor illustrations and drawings of architectural facades.

Contents:

Desde el centro de la ciudad / Ricardo Rodriguez

Prólogo

Ermita del Carmen

La parroquia

Candelaria

San José

Templos modificados y desaparecidos en el Valle de la Ermita

Detrás del altar

Arquitectura religiosa de los siglos XVIII y XIX en la Nueva Guatemala

Hacer visible lo invisible

Ayer en imágenes.

Notes:

Accompanying rice paper sheet is a map of the historic downtown of the city of Guatemala with the location of 35 colonial sites.

Includes bibliographical references and index (pages [294]-[297]).

ISBN:

9789929787322

9929787321

OCLC:

1374221800