City, Temple, Stage: Eschatological Architecture and Liturgical Theatrics in New Spain

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Source:

University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, IN, p.x, 299 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 x 29 cm. (2004)

ISBN:

ISBN: 0268033641 (cloth

Call Number:

LC: NA702.2; Dewey: 726.

Keywords:

Religious architecture and space; Colonial Period; New Spain; Art and Christian symbolism

Notes:

Contents: The Architecture of Conversion -- The Visual Imagination and the End of History -- The Indian Jerusalem -- The New Temple in the New Zion -- The Cosmic Tree -- Stages and Rituals of Conversion. Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-288) and index.