The Book - Early Churches of Mexico -- Convento Architecture

Early Churches of Mexico: An Architect’s View, by Beverley Spears, FAIA

Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, November 2017.
12 x 9 inches, 408 pages, 370 duotone photographs, 4 drawings, 9 maps, 1 chart. Hardcover.
ISBN 9780826358172.

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Churches of Mexico and Sixteenth Century Convento Architecture

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CONTENTS:
Foreword by Richard Perry *
Acknowledgments
Introduction
List of Photographed Sites
* Learn about Richard and Rosalind Perry–their travels and their books– at Espadaña Press

Part One
Chapter One. Conquest and Conversion
Chapter Two. Anatomy of a Sixteenth-Century Convento
Chapter Three. Space and Ritual of Convento Architecture
Chapter Four. Architectural Styles
Chapter Five. Retablos, Murals, and Sculpture
Chapter Six. Grounds and Setting
Chapter Seven. Time and Transformation

Part Two
Chapter Eight. Churches of Hidalgo
Chapter Nine. Churches of the State of Mexico and Mexico City
Chapter Ten. Churches of Morelos
Chapter Eleven. Churches of Puebla and Tlaxcala
Chapter Twelve. Churches of Michoacán
Chapter Thirteen. Churches of Oaxaca
Chapter Fourteen. Churches of Chiapas
Chapter Fifteen. Churches of Yucatán