San Jerónimo, Tlacochahuaya
Date
1575-1625
Creator
Name(s) currently unknown
Location
Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca, MEX
Patronage/Artist
The Dominicans, who arrived to the thickly populated Oaxaca region in the 16th century, commissioned this church. Their monastic complex in the town of Tlacochahuaya, was constructed by native laborers in the late 16th and early 17th century and became a center for the evangelization of its native residents. Under Dominican patronage, native mural painters also won local renown.
Context/Collection History
Tlacochahuaya is one of the hundreds of monastic foundations from 16th-century New Spain. It dates from the time monastic orders—the Dominicans, Franciscans, and Augustinians—first fanned out across recently conquered territory, seeking to evangelize its native peoples. At the time of this church’s founding, Zapotec was the indigenous language most commonly spoken in the area. The area abounds in pre-Hispanic constructions, making it likely that San Jerónimo was created of recycled stone.
Cite as
Dana Leibsohn and Barbara E. Mundy.
Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820. http://www.fordham.edu/vistas, 2015.
Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820. http://www.fordham.edu/vistas, 2015.
Selected bibliography
Edgerton, Samuel. 2001. Theaters of Conversion: Religious Architecture and Indian Artisans in Colonial Mexico. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Espinosa Spinola, Gloria. 1999. Arquitectura de la conversión y evangelización en la Nueva España durante el siglo XVI. Almeria: Universidad de Almeria.
Kubler, George. 1948. Mexican Architecture of the Sixteenth Century. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Espinosa Spinola, Gloria. 1999. Arquitectura de la conversión y evangelización en la Nueva España durante el siglo XVI. Almeria: Universidad de Almeria.
Kubler, George. 1948. Mexican Architecture of the Sixteenth Century. New Haven: Yale University Press.
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Citation
“San Jerónimo, Tlacochahuaya,” VistasGallery, accessed June 2, 2023, https://vistasgallery.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/1860.