Early Churches of Mexico

Book excerpt: Cover -- Halftitle -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Regional Map -- List of Photographed Sites -- Part One -- Chapter One. Conquest and Conversion -- Chapter Two. Anatomy of a Sixteenth-Century Convento -- Chapter Three. Space and Ritual of Convento Architecture -- Chapter Four. Architectural Styles -- Chapter Five. Retablos, Murals, and Sculpture -- Chapter Six. Grounds and Setting -- Chapter Seven. Time and Transformation -- Part Two -- Chapter Eight. Churches of Hidalgo -- Chapter Nine. Churches of the State of Mexico and Mexico City -- Chapter Ten. Churches of Morelos -- Chapter Eleven. Churches of Puebla and Tlaxcala -- Chapter Twelve. Churches of Michoacán -- Chapter Thirteen. Churches of Oaxaca -- Chapter Fourteen. Churches of Chiapas -- Chapter Fifteen. Churches of Yucatán -- Appendix. Chart of Sixteenth-Century Conventos -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index