mexicosmurals: Tzintzuntzan: Flying St Francis mural

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Tzintzuntzan: Flying St Francis mural

Another distinctive if puzzling mural in the cloister at Tzintzuntzan shows what appears to be a winged St Francis? appearing to an unidentified kneeling figure that may again portray St. Anthony (perhaps as a postulant before acceptance into the Franciscan Order?). The buildings in the background may represent the Third Order chapel at Tzintzuntzan.

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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