City, temple, stage
Subtitle: eschatological architecture and liturgical theatrics in New Spain
By: Jaime Lara
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Church architecture -- New Spain; Architecture, Colonial -- New Spain; Symbolism in architecture -- New Spain; Apocalypse in art; Indian architecture -- Influence
Description: "This is a surprising detective story tracing the very complex paths and intersections of cultural, iconographical, and theological influences that formed the architecture and liturgical spaces of New Spain. I don't know of another scholar who has commanded this kind of knowledge about the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim streams of influence and interaction which appeared in the chapels, temples, and theatrical ritual spaces of Mexico." --David Carrasco, Harvard University
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-288) and index