Architecture and Its Sculpture in Viceregal Mexico

Name: Architecture and Its Sculpture in Viceregal Mexico
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ISBN: 9780292752108

ISBN-10: 0292752105

ISBN-13: 9780292752108

Edition: 1997

Authors: Robert J. Mullen

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From monumental cathedrals to simple parish churches, perhaps as many as 100,000 churches and civic buildings were constructed in Mexico during the viceregal or colonial period (1535-1821). Many of these structures remain today as witnesses to the fruitful blending of Old and New World forms and styles that created an architecture of enduring vitality. In this profusely illustrated book, Robert J. Mullen provides a much-needed overview of Mexican colonial architecture and its attendant sculpture. Writing with just the right level of detail for students and general readers, he places the architecture in its social and economic context. He shows how buildings in the larger cities remained…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 11/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 279
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Conventions


Acknowledgments



Overview



Urban Beginnings



Sixteenth Century: The Formative Era



Cathedrals: Symbols of Authority



Transitional Phase: From the Static to the Dynamic (Mid-Seventeenth to Mid-Eighteenth Century)



The Age of Fulfillment, 1730-1800: Estï¿½pites, "Silver" Churches, Santuarios, Residences



Frontier Mission Architecture


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index