Early Churches of Mexico
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Early Churches of Mexico

An Architect's View

  1. 408 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 31 Dec |Learn more

Early Churches of Mexico

An Architect's View

About this book

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.

Virtually unknown outside Mexico, these complexes unite architecture, landscape, mural painting, and sculpture on a grand scale, in some ways rivaling the archaeological sites of the Maya and Aztecs. They represent a fascinating period in history when two distinct cultures began interweaving to form the fabric of modern Mexico. Many were founded on the sites of ancient temples and reused their masonry, and they were ornamented with architectural murals and sculptures that owe much to the existing Native traditionā€”almost all the construction was done by indigenous artisans.

With these photos, Spears celebrates this unique architectural and cultural heritage to help ensure its protection and survival.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction
  10. Regional Map
  11. List of Photographed Sites
  12. Part One
  13. Chapter One. Conquest and Conversion
  14. Chapter Two. Anatomy of a Sixteenth-Century Convento
  15. Chapter Three. Space and Ritual of Convento Architecture
  16. Chapter Four. Architectural Styles
  17. Chapter Five. Retablos, Murals, and Sculpture
  18. Chapter Six. Grounds and Setting
  19. Chapter Seven. Time and Transformation
  20. Part Two
  21. Chapter Eight. Churches of Hidalgo
  22. Chapter Nine. Churches of the State of Mexico and Mexico City
  23. Chapter Ten. Churches of Morelos
  24. Chapter Eleven. Churches of Puebla and Tlaxcala
  25. Chapter Twelve. Churches of MichoacƔn
  26. Chapter Thirteen. Churches of Oaxaca
  27. Chapter Fourteen. Churches of Chiapas
  28. Chapter Fifteen. Churches of YucatƔn
  29. Appendix. Chart of Sixteenth-Century Conventos
  30. Glossary
  31. Bibliography
  32. Index