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A much-needed overview of Mexican colonial architecture and its attendant sculpture.

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The late Robert J. Mullen has written a reliable, readable, and well-illustrated book that covers, in six chronological chapters, a selection of the major monuments of Mexican colonial architecture during the period from 1521 to independence. -- Catherine Wilkinson Zerner * Hispanic American Historical Review *

Table of Contents
  • Preface, Conventions, Acknowledgments
  • 1. Overview
  • 2. Urban Beginnings
  • 3. Sixteenth Century: The Formative Era
  • 4. Cathedrals: Symbols of Authority
  • 5. Transitional Phase: From the Static to the Dynamic (Mid-Seventeenth to Mid-Eighteenth Century)
  • 6. The Age of Fulfillment, 1730-1800: Estípites, "Silver" Churches, Santuarios, Residences
  • 7. Frontier Mission Architecture
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Architecture and Its Sculpture in Viceregal

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/11/1997
      ISBN13: 9780292752108, 978-0292752108
      ISBN10: 0292752105

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A much-needed overview of Mexican colonial architecture and its attendant sculpture.

      Trade Review
      The late Robert J. Mullen has written a reliable, readable, and well-illustrated book that covers, in six chronological chapters, a selection of the major monuments of Mexican colonial architecture during the period from 1521 to independence. -- Catherine Wilkinson Zerner * Hispanic American Historical Review *

      Table of Contents
      • Preface, Conventions, Acknowledgments
      • 1. Overview
      • 2. Urban Beginnings
      • 3. Sixteenth Century: The Formative Era
      • 4. Cathedrals: Symbols of Authority
      • 5. Transitional Phase: From the Static to the Dynamic (Mid-Seventeenth to Mid-Eighteenth Century)
      • 6. The Age of Fulfillment, 1730-1800: Estípites, "Silver" Churches, Santuarios, Residences
      • 7. Frontier Mission Architecture
      • Notes
      • Glossary
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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