Cuilapan / Cuilapán

Image copyright © Mónica Domínguez Torres, 2006

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Results: 14 records

B01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: to the left of the winged symbol

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Image Source: photograph by Mónica Domínguez

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B02: symbol - mascaron - winged mascaron (Tequitqui)

Scene Description: one of several, all different; sun? cherub?

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Image Source: photograph by Mónica Domínguez

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B03: symbol - mascaron - winged mascaron (Tequitqui)

Scene Description: one of several, all different; sun? cherub?

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mónica Domínguez Torres, 2006

Image Source: photograph by Mónica Domínguez

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B04: symbol - Tequitqui

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mónica Domínguez Torres, 2006

Image Source: photograph by Mónica Domínguez

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B05: design element - motifs - floral - rosette

Scene Description: amidst the 'Tequitqui' motifs, two (?) classical rosettes

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mónica Domínguez Torres, 2006

Image Source: photograph by Mónica Domínguez

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BBL01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding

Scene Description: separating the basin sides from the underbowl

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mónica Domínguez Torres, 2006

Image Source: photograph by Mónica Domínguez

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BU01: design element - motifs - foliage (Tequitqui influence?)

Scene Description: with some elements of typically native Mexican art

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Image Source: photograph by Mónica Domínguez

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view of basin

Scene Description: note the damage and repairs

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mónica Domínguez Torres, 2006

Image Source: photograph by Mónica Domínguez

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: the old convent and surrounding buildings

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Audrey and George DeLange, 2006

Image Source: photograph by Audrey and George DeLange [www.delange.org]

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: the old convent

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Audrey and George DeLange, 2006

Image Source: photograph by Audrey and George DeLange [www.delange.org]

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view of church exterior - façade

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Audrey and George DeLange, 2006

Image Source: photograph by Audrey and George DeLange [www.delange.org]

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: the 'capilla abierta' [open chapel], a characteristic feature in early colonial churches

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Audrey and George DeLange, 2006

Image Source: photograph by Audrey and George DeLange [www.delange.org]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 2 June 2006)

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mónica Domínguez Torres, 2006

Image Source: photograph by Mónica Domínguez

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view of stoup

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Audrey and George DeLange, 2006

Image Source: photograph by Audrey and George DeLange [www.delange.org]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 2 June 2006)

INFORMATION

FontID: 11901CUI
Church/Chapel: Ex-Convento dominico e Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Oaxaca
Directions to Site: The ex-convent is located near the classical site of Monte Albán
Date: ca. 1580?
Century and Period: 16th century(late?), Tequitqui
The roughly hemispherical basin is the only original part of this font, and it is badly damages , with large inserts of new stobe where the old parts went missing; the surface of the basin is covered in carved reliefs and divided into basin sides and underbowl by a flat moulding all around; the sides show several large motifs, including two which appear to be a syncretic creation somewhat resembling a winged mascaron, while suggesting both a cherub and a symbols of the Sun; another of the large motifs, though adorned with classical rosettes, has clear influence of the native Mexican arts in the scrolls and garlands that surround them. The underbowl is decorated with large foliage motifs in which the native element colours the more Western European features and style. The stem and lower base are modern. [We are grateful to professor Mónica Domínguez, of the Dept. of Art History, University of Delaware, for her images of this font, and to Audrey and George DeLange, of www.delange.org, for their images of the convent]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round