Architecture and its sculpture in viceregal Mexico /

"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 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mullen, Robert James
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1997.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Architecture, Colonial > Mexico.
Architecture > Mexico.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural > Mexico.
Architecture coloniale > Mexique.
Architecture > Mexique.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux > Mexique.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
Architecture.
Architecture, Colonial.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Bauplastik
Geschichte 1535-1821.
Mexico.
Mexiko
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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 : Estipites, "Silver" Churches, Santuarios, Residences
  • Frontier Mission Architecture.

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