ARTH232
Iberoamerican
Baroque
Required readings
á Bailey:
168-206; 262-310
Important names & terms
á Grid-plan
á Post-and-lintel system, corbelled vault
á Gothic architecture: pointed arch, rib vault
á Renaissance: roman (round) arch, groin vault
á Plateresque, mudŽjar
á Baroque, Churrigueresque, Est’pite-Baroque
á
Rodrigo Gil and others, Santo
Domingo Cathedral, begun 1512, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
o
Plan
o
FaŤade
(Bailey: 13)
o
Interior
á
Juan Miguel de Agźera and others, MŽrida
Cathedral, 1585-97, Yucat‡n (Mexico)
o
Plan
o
FaŤade
(Bailey: 266)
o
Interior
(Bailey: 266)
á
Claudio de Arciniega and others, Mexico City Cathedral, 1573-1817
o
Plan
(Bailey: 270)
o
FaŤade
(Bailey: 269)
o
Interior
(Bailey: 271)
o
Main altar: Jer—nimo de Balb‡s, Altar
of the Kings, 1718-37 (Bailey: 262)
o
Sacristy: Juan Correa, Assumption of the Virgin,
1685-6 (Bailey: 300)
á
Anonymous, Rosary Chapel, Church of Santo Domingo, Puebla (Mexico),
completed 1690
o General
view (Bailey:
290)
o Detail
of dome (Bailey:
291)
á
Benito de Morales and others, Church of San Francisco, c.
1586-1769, Quito (Ecuador)
o FaŤade
(Bailey:
276)
o Interior (Bailey: 279)
o MudŽjar
ceiling (Bailey:
280)
á
Aleijadinho (Ant™nio Francisco
Lisboa), Church of S‹o Francisco de Assis, c. 1778, Ouro Preto (Brazil)
o Plan
o FaŤade
o
Manoel da Costa Ata’de, Glorification
of the Virgin, 1801-10
á
Aleijadinho (Ant™nio Francisco Lisboa), Church of Bom Jesus do
Matosinhos, 1796-9, Congonhas do Campo (Brazil)
o
Station
Chapel with scene of Christ Mocked (Bailey: 310)
o Prophet
Ezechiel (Bailey: 309)
Additional resources
á Videotape Aleijadinho: passion, glory and torment. Vila Rica Cinematografica. New York, NY: ArtMattan Productions, 2001. [Media Library VHS 9482]
á Visit the website: Aleijadinho.com
