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9780268033644

City, Temple, Stage

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    9780268033644

  • ISBN10:

    0268033641

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-01-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr

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Summary

City, Temple, Stage is a new interpretation of the art, architecture, and liturgy created for the conversion of Aztecs and other native peoples of central Mexico by European Franciscan missionaries in the mid-sixteenth century. Jaime Lara contends that the design of missionary centers, or so-called "fortress monasteries," can only be understood against the backdrop of the eschatological concerns of the age and the missionary techniques of the mendicant friars. Lara argues that these architectural constructions are quasi-theatrical sets for elaborate educational and liturgical events that served as rehearsals for the last age of world history.
By analyzing the iconography associated with the Aztec religion and with Euro-Christian apocalyptic texts, Lara has been able to trace a consistent thread through two distinct religious and liturgical imaginations.
Lara's narrative is supported by more than 225 images.

Author Biography

Jaime Lara is associate professor of Christian art and architecture and chair of the Program in Religion and the Arts at Yale University Divinity School and Yale Institute of Sacred Music.

Table of Contents

The architecture of conversionp. 17
The visual imagination and the end of historyp. 41
The Indian Jerusalemp. 91
The new temple in the new Zionp. 111
The cosmic treep. 151
Stages for rituals of conversionp. 177
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