Title Foundational Arts : Mural Painting and Missionary Theater in New Spain / Michael K. Schuessler

Published Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages) Contents Introduction : Texts and Contexts : "Bookish Architecture," Mural Painting, and Theatricality in Colonial Mexico -- Toward a Literature of Foundations -- Renascent Genres in New Spain -- Iconography and Evangelization -- The Last Judgment : Mural Painting and Missionary Theater -- Appendix : The Last Judgment Summary This book examines how the relationships between mural painting and missionary theater became a transcultural process for mass conversion of Native populations to Christianity. The author studies the New World expressions of dramatic and plastic arts and how they became the tools of European friars to Christianize Native peoples and ultimately create a new literary and artistic tradition.--description provided by publisher Notes Print version record Subject Catholic Church -- Mexico -- History -- 16th century Catholic Church -- History -- 16th century. SUBJECT Catholic Church fast Subject Evangelistic work -- Mexico -- History -- 16th century Arts and religion -- Mexico -- History -- 16th century Mural painting and decoration, Mexican -- 16th century Religious drama -- History -- 16th century Theater -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- History Indians of Mexico -- Missions -- History -- 16th century Arts and religion Evangelistic work Indians of Mexico -- Missions Mural painting and decoration, Mexican Religious drama Theater -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church Mexico Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780816599134 0816599130

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