Early churches of Mexico : an architect's view / Beverley Spears ; foreword by Richard Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spears, Beverley, 1945- author.

Contributor:

Perry, Richard (Richard D.), writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church architecture--Mexico.

Church architecture.

Spanish mission buildings--Mexico.

Spanish mission buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque, [New Mexico] : University of New Mexico Press, 2017.

Summary:

Following the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the early 1500s, Franciscan, Dominican, and Augustinian friars fanned out across the central and southern areas of the country, founding hundreds of mission churches and monasteries to evangelize the Native population. This book documents more than 120 of these remarkable sixteenth-century sites in duotone black-and-white photographs.

Contents:

Conquest and Conversion

Anatomy of a Sixteenth-Century Convento

Space and Ritual of Convento Architecture

Architectural Styles

Retablos, Murals, and Sculpture

Grounds and Setting

Time and Transformation

Churches of Hidalgo

Churches of the State of Mexico and Mexico City

Churches of Morelos

Churches of Puebla and Tlaxcala

Churches of Michoacán

Churches of Oaxaca

Churches of Chiapas

Churches of Yucatán

Appendix. Chart of Sixteenth-Century Conventos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826358189

0826358187

OCLC:

964661368