El vuelo de Minerva

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.

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Places: Toluca de Lerdo,  Mexico

Times: 19th century