El vuelo de Minerva
Subtitle: un acercamiento a la condición femenina en Toluca durante el siglo XIX
By: Margarita García Luna Ortega
Edition: 1. ed.
Series: Biblioteca mexiquense del bicentenario. Colección mayor. Historia y sociedad -- 4
Publisher: Gobierno del Estado de México
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toluca de Lerdo
Language: spa
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9789708260435
Description: HistorIc and iconographic studies of the art (including its famous baptismal front), the mural paintings and architecture of the Franciscan monastery and church of the town of San Miguel Zinacantepec, the best preserved of the four colonial Franciscan convents constructed in the State of Mexico in the 16th century. The author analyses how the religious Christian art (particularly the many representations of Saint Michael, the Archangel), the design of the atrium, church and monastery and mural paintings played an important role in the evangelization of the local Mexica Indians. Includes an introductory text of the geograpgic context and Pre-Columbian origins of the town. "This investigation was the product of the Master studies I did in the Universidad Anahuac. (Master in Humanity, 2008)"--P. 15.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-276).