colonialmexico

Tree murals One widespread pictorial device in colonial Mexican art, both in murals, reliefs and easel painting, is that of the tree. Alt...

We present another in our occasional series on the depiction of catholic saints, both well known and obscure, in Mexican art.       Blesse...

Calkiní  “Power of the Sun,” the English translation of "Calkiní,” conjures up an image of massed sun worshippers crowding into t...

In our last post on the Dominican mission of San Pablo Huitzo  we included an image of a frescoed Gothic niche in the convento. © Richard...

We follow up our posts on Achiutla with a second look at San Pablo Huitzo, an historic mission in the Etla Valley, just north west of the ci...

Achiutla: the nave, facing east Inside the Church The tunnel like impression of the extraordinarily long nave at Achiutla is accentuate...