Architecture and its sculpture in viceregal Mexico / Robert J. Mullen.

Main entry:

Mullen, Robert J., 1917-1996, author. aut

Title & Author:

Architecture and its sculpture in viceregal Mexico / Robert J. Mullen.

Edition:

First edition

Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, [1997].
©1997

Description:

x, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-247) and index.
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 : Estipites, "Silver" Churches, Santuarios, Residences -- Frontier Mission Architecture -- Notes -- Glossary.
Southeastern Library Association Southern Books Competition, Award of Excellence in Dust Jacket Design, 1997/1998

Summary:

"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 closer to European designs, while buildings in the pueblos often included prehispanic indigenous elements."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0292752091 (alk. paper)
9780292752092 (alk. paper)
0292752105 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780292752108 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture, Colonial Mexico.
Architecture Mexico.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Mexico.
Architecture coloniale Mexique.
Architecture Mexique.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux Mexique.
Architecture
Architecture, Colonial
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Bauplastik
Geschichte 1535-1821.
Mexico
Mexiko

Holdings:

Location: Library main 192194
Call No.: ID NA753.M85; ID:97-B3292
Status: Available

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