colonialmexico

Back in 2012 some of our earliest posts on this blog featured missions near Guadalajara, notably Santa Cruz de las Flores and the churches ...

In a group of earlier posts we looked at the colorful tiled churches in the colonial city of Puebla .  One that we did not cover in that ser...

In addition to the stone retablos that we described previously, one of the most intriguing  features of Chihuahua Cathedral  is the so-call...

In an earlier post on Angahuan we highlighted, among its many other features, two stone crosses, one plain and one sculpted.  In this foll...

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...