Week 12 Flashcards
Gente de razón
People of reason; spaniards or mestizos
Ultra Baroque
aka. Churrigueresque
cabacera
Head mission
vigas
wood beams used in southwestern architecture
ARCHITECTURE:
Mission San Jose de Tumacacori, founded 1692, church built 1791-1822
Temporary structures then move on to Adobe then make them permanent.
This church experienced limited funding. It was designed with ambitious plans, but because of the lack of funding, it couldn’t be built. Instead, it built a flat nave for the roof, a single bell tower, and a dome-like front. It was never finished but the structure in it continued to be used. By 1823, the last priest left.
The external facade has a false gable to project a vault of the proposed vault. It is for the aesthetic element. It has a broken pedalment. There are engaged columns on two levels and an arched doorway. The paint has washed away over the years.
The interior was designed to have bright windows however the altar screen is now gone. The artist painted an outline on the wall giving a sense of wear the altar was placed.
The interior of the door shows remnants of the paint including floral elements. There is a mortuary chapel not physically connected with the church. It depicts the Holy Sepulcher
ARCHITECTURE:
Mission San Xavier del Bac church, Tucson, AZ, 1783-1789/90
Father Eusebio spread Catholicism widely. The Franciscans arrived in 1776 and built the church.
Retablo Facade. Originally had a statue of Saint Francis. The statue experienced some damage. It was originally made of brick and plaster. The local native community wanted to keep it that’s why it has this indistinct form.
The facade was originally painted with bright colors like red white and blue. But now everything is washed off. The red still being shown was painted later after restoration.
there are 4 female saints. The top left thought to be Saint Barbara
Saint Agatha bottom left
Saint Celia top right
Saint Lucy’s bottom right. It had engaged columns.
Interior: Ultra baroque style, estipite baroque. Was attributed to Spanish or mestizo artisans. There are 49 large polychrome paintings all within the interior. 26 large portraits. Most of the paint is still here.
The altar screen inside the church has wood sculptures of the saints that were imported. The retablo has an appearance of wood but it is made with something else. On the top is of the father making a blessing gesture. Below him is a floral-painted niche, Inside of the niche stands the virgin pf the immaculate conception. Below her is the patron saint of the church (Saint Francis). 171 angles on the church. 65 are sculpted 107 of them painted. This was a visual element meant to speak to the indigenous people. They use angels as a way for indigenous people to turn away from their other religious views.
Angelos
Greek for messenger
QUIZ
REVIEW—-
Codices
Codex en Cruz, Florentine Codex (final exam). Most of them were destroyed by the Catholic church. The ones that survived were sent to Europe.
Architecture (week 9)
Open chapel, fortress styled church, and the term alfiz (these terms important rest is final) and Posa chapel.
Structures like the atrio posa chapels. The retablo facade. Retablos themselves. Conventos (Monestary and religious center).
Indigenous (Week 10)
Feather mosaics and the various dyes and pigments. Feather mosaics has indigenous. established systems for leatherwork which appealed to spanish which encouraged the continuation mainly to send to collectors in Europe. The different reds and blues that were used in the AMericas some imported some local (indigo, cochineal)
New Mexico (Week 11)
Pueblo churches such as the church of the Taos Pueblo. Other churches were constructed using similar techniques. The term plaza (continuous perimeter of thick adobe building, New Mexican content). Luceva (structure the Pueblo people used for ceremonies and colonial times, encorporated into spanish). Ajar term and Baroque, Estipete column term.
Week 12
Ultra Baroque at mission saint davior del bar. (another term choriqueres). Vicas wood beams term. used in southeast architecture.
Mission
-An entire community of inhabitants
- An entire complex of buildings, structures, and resources associated with the community.
reduccion
- concentration of a scattered population at one location to facilitate conversion and trading
- not att missions were reductions
