Cathedral, Santo Domingo, North portal
Date
1521-1544
Creator
Name(s) currently unknown
Location
Santo Domingo, DOM
Introduction
As one of the earliest monumental churches in the New World, Santo Domingo was an experimental work by builders who adapted a Spanish design for this new environment.
Iconography
This deep portico may have been a 17th century addition, added long after the cathedral was completed. Above the north portal was a carved tympanum. It is still visible but much of the sculpture has been removed.
Photo credit
Mary Carlson
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
Gravette, Andrew. 2000. Architectural Heritage of the Caribbean. Oxford: Signet Books.
Palm, Erwin Walter. 1945-46. “Plateresque and Renaissance Monuments of the Island of Hispaniola.” The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 5: 1-14.
Palm, Erwin Walter. 1974. Arquitectura y arte colonial en Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo: Editora de la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.
Palm, Erwin Walter. 1984. Los monumentos arquitectónicos de la Española. 2nd ed. Santo Domingo: Editora de Santo Domingo.
Palm, Erwin Walter. 1945-46. “Plateresque and Renaissance Monuments of the Island of Hispaniola.” The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 5: 1-14.
Palm, Erwin Walter. 1974. Arquitectura y arte colonial en Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo: Editora de la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.
Palm, Erwin Walter. 1984. Los monumentos arquitectónicos de la Española. 2nd ed. Santo Domingo: Editora de Santo Domingo.
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Citation
“Cathedral, Santo Domingo, North portal,” VistasGallery, accessed October 8, 2024, https://vistasgallery.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/1669.