The arts of the missions of northern New Spain, 1600-1821
By: Clara Bargellini, Michael K. Komanecky, exhibition curators
Contributors: Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso (Museum)
Edition: 1st ed. in English.
Publisher: Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Mexico City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9786079521707
Subjects: Modern period; Missions; Christian art and symbolism; Church architecture; Catholic Church; Spanish colonial Art; Exhibitions
Notes: "Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso in collaboration with San Antonio Museum of Art, Museo de Historia Mexicana, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Oakland Museum of California."

"The exhibition The Arts of the Missions of Northern New Spain, 1600-1821 is the result of a research project that was begun and developed to a large extent within the Universidad Nacional Auto nomo de Me xico."--Page viii.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-363).
Table of contents: title: Contents. Preliminary words; title: Introduction. Essays. Arts and architecture, force and fear, the struggle for sacred space / David J. Weber; title: Northern New Spain and the ancient interweaving of images / Marie-Areti Hers; title: Art at the Missions of Northern New Spain / Clara Bargellini; title: Missions as architectural patrons / James E. Ivey; title: Indigenous societies, missions and the colonial system in northern New Spain / William L. Merrill; title: Spanish missions in the American imagination / Michael K. Komanecky; title: Works restored by the Escuela de Conservacio n, Restauracio n y Museografi a of the Instituto Nacional de Antropologi a e Historia, Mexico: materials, criteria and procedures / Liliana Giorguli Cha vez, Yolanda Madrid A., Mercedes Murgui a Meca, Fanny Unikel Santoncini, Jannen Contreras, Rosa Lorena Roma n Torres. Catalogue. Works on Paper. Preaching with book in hand: editorial production in New Spain in Northern Mexican indigenous languages / Marina Garone; title: Sculpture; title: Painting; title: Painting on hide / Kelly Donahue-Wallace; title: Metal; title: Silver and metal objects / Paz de la Torre Comps and Clara Bargellini; title: Liturgical textiles; title: Furniture; title: Basketry; title: Native American arts in the Spanish missions: Chumash basketry / Jan Timbrook. Appendix.