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Magic Town and Architecture Century XVII
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Throughout the XVII and part of the XVIII century, New Spain’s artists and
craftsmen, grouped in corporations known as guilds, developed various
artistic expressions in architecture, painting and sculpture, as well as in
metalwork, textiles, ceramics and other applied arts, creating a style of
their own, but following the guidelines of the baroque.
Originated in Europe, the baroque style allowed New Spain’s artists to
experiment in the creation of new expressive, realistic and contrasting
forms, producing artistic manifestations which were widely accepted by New
Spanish society.
Various representative objects of Mexican baroque art can be seen in this
room. On one hand, several carved polychrome sculptures stand out. These,
while revealing the technical abilities of craftsmen, also reflect the
expressiveness and contrasts of colour which are particular to New Spain’s
baroque. Likewise, paintings from famous artists, such as Cristobal de
Villalpando, are also displayed. In these paintings we can find the movement
and light and shadow effects as characteristic elements of this artistic
style.
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Tepotzotlán
The
National Viceregal Museum is devoted to the preservation, research, display
and diffusion of the artistic and cultural manifestations of the colonial
period, one of the most important in Mexican history. This museum belongs to
the National Institute of Anthropology and History and is located in the
former Jesuit school of Tepotzotlán, which is an outstanding example of
Viceregal architecture.
Throughout your visit, you will learn about the history of the school, which
was built by members of the Company of Jesus in the XVII and XVIII
centuries. You will also be amazed by its great church of San Francisco
Javier, where some extraordinary XVIII century baroque altarpieces have been
preserved, as well as other works of art specifically created for this
building by famous artists of the time. Likewise, you will enjoy its patios
and gardens, as well as its cloisters, chapels and other areas, reminders of
past times, when this building housed outstanding teachers and students of
the Company of Jesus.
Other areas of the former school have been used to explain the main events
which took place in Mexico during colonial times, that is, from the Spanish
conquest in 1521 to the second half of the XVIII century, when the causes
for the unrest which led to the insurrection movement of 1810 began to
surface. The most representative artistic and cultural manifestations from
that period are also displayed.
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