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Author:

Schuessler, Michael Karl, translator. translator.

Title:

Foundational arts : mural painting and missionary theater in New Spain / Michael K. Schuessler.

Publisher:

The University of Arizona Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xi, 224 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Indians of Mexico--History--History--16th century.
Theater--History.--Catholic Church--History.
Religious drama--History--16th century.
Mural painting and decoration, Mexican--16th century.
Arts and religion--Mexico--History--16th century.
Catholic Church--Mexico--History--16th century.
Evangelistic work--Mexico--History--16th century.
History.

Other Authors:

Mart©Ưnez Vega, Leonardo, translator.

Other Titles:

Artes de fundaci©đn. English.

Notes:

"This book is a translation, with modifications, of Artes de fundaci©đn: Teatro evangelizador y pintura mural en la Nueva Espa©ła, by Michael K. Schuessler." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction. Texts and contexts: 'bookish' architecture, mural painting, and theatricality in colonial Mexico -- Toward a literature of foundations. Indo-Christian literature: renascent genres -- Ethno-dramatic performances in pre-Hispanic Mexico: rite, theater or spiritual performance? -- Nahuatl missionary theater -- Renascent genres in New Spain. The evangelization of the imaginary: catechesis and education in New Spain -- Mural painting in New Spain: a singular artistic expression -- Iconography and evangelization. New World iconology -- The Augustinian monastery at San Miguel Itzmiquilpan -- Itzmiquilpan's pictorial program and the 'Service codex' -- The Last Judgment: mural painting and missionary theater. Franciscan and Augustinian millennialism -- Andr©♭s de Olmos's El Juicio Final (the Last Judgment): New Spain's first religious drama -- The mural cycle at San Nicol©Łs Actopan -- Final considerations -- Appendix: The Last Judgment, attributed to fray Andr©♭s de Olmos.

Summary:

"Foundational Arts examines how the relationships between mural painting and missionary theater became a transcultural process for mass conversion of Native populations to Christianity. Schuessler 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"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0816529884 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780816529889 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)841051223

LCCN:

2013015659

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)