Architecture and Urbanism in Viceregal Mexico: Puebla de Los Ángeles, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries

ISBN-13: 9780367531607 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 220 str.

Juan Luis Burke

Opis

Written for academics and researchers interested in architectural history, Latin American studies, and the viceregal period, it will make an important contribution to the field.

Spis treści

Introduction;  1. The Creation of a Town: Puebla de los Ángeles as an Urban and Theological Experiment (c. 1530s–1580s);  2. The Grid and the Hill: Puebla’s Urban Form (c. 1530s–1610s);  3. Urban Palaces and Architectural Treatises: A New World Renaissance in Puebla (c. 1570s–1630s);  4. The Bishop and his Cathedral: Juan de Palafox’s Ideal Christian Republic (c. 1600s–1650s);  5. Decline and Splendor: Puebla de los Ángeles’ Baroque Era (c. 1660s–1790s);  Bibliography;  Index

O autorze

Juan Luis Burke is Assistant Professor of Architectural and Urban History at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research is centered on Mexican and Latin American architecture and urbanism, and its interactions with Europe, particularly Italy and Spain.