mexicosmurals: Tzintzuntzan: The Cloister murals 2

Sunday, February 3, 2019

Tzintzuntzan: The Cloister murals 2

Following on from our previous post on the cloister murals, additional scenes, similarly framed, in the lower cloister and continuing in the upper cloister depict episodes from the life and miracles of the perennial Franciscan favorite St. Anthony of Padua with figures in 18th century dress.

Truth from the Lips of a Little Child

St Anthony with the Christ Child

Also extant in the upper cloister, are framed depictions of the Archangel Michael and the Virgin of El Pilar.

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Mexican Murals

For most people, Mexican murals bring to mind the large scale, revolutionary murals decorating the walls of many public buildings, painted by Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros, their followers and successors.

In contrast, this new blog will focus on a much earlier era of mural painting, one that flourished during the 16th century in the conventos and churches of Mexico, as part of the “spiritual conquest” of Mexico undertaken by the missionary Orders, primarily the Franciscans, Dominicans and Augustinians.

Some of these early colonial murals have already been described in our other blog, which we are re-posting in this blog . Many others will follow, and as with our other blog, we plan to highlight murals of special historic, cultural or artistic interest.

We will also feature selected larger oil paintings of special interest from time to time