Mural Paintings of Ixmiquilpan. Barbarism and Civilization

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ID15068611
AuthorsMonika Brenišínová (0000-0002-1122-8938, Charles University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume19
Issue2
Pages81-118
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnologia Actualis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1339-7834 • E-ISSN: 1339-7877
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.2478/eas-2020-0005
OpenAlexW3047963152
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

This paper deals with the 16 th century mural paintings that cover the walls of the parish church of San Miguel Arcángel, a former Augustinian mission in Ixmiquilpan. The paintings represent warriors in battle and mixing the Western iconography with the prehispanic one. They are associated with the Chichimeca War (1540-1590), a conflict that threatened the existence of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (1535-1821). The article examines the images of “otherness” and related stereotypes conceiving the paintings as a place, where the identity of local inhabitants was discussed and putting particular emphasis on the pair of categories – barbarism and civilization. In terms of method, it is interdisciplinary and interpretative. It combines the classical historical, art historical concepts and methods with terms and procedures of anthropology and social science

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Barbarism · Civilization · Iconography · Mural · Painting · Sociology · Anthropology · History · History of Emotions Research · Latin American and Latino Studies · Latin American history and culture

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