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religiousarchitectureincolonialMichoacán,mexico
themixtureofstylesinsomeexamples
ofcolonialreligiousarchitecturein
Michoacán
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Duringthesixteenthcentury,theprevailingarchi-
tecturalstyleinNewSpain,andthereforeinMi-
choacán,wasPlateresquelWithinthisplateresque
onecandistinguishtwodifferentmodes:thelate
medievalGothicandMudéjarinfluencedplateres-
que,andtheRenaissanceplateresquelForthefirst
mode,lushornamentationinplaniformcarvings
andMudéjarelementssuchasthealfizmoulding,
polyfoilarches,amongotherdecorationscanbe
appreciatedl
AccordingtoYokoyama,thepeculiarityofthe
architecturalevolutionofthereligiousbuildings
oftheTarascanregionisthepersistenceofmedi-
evalMudéjarelements,especiallythealfizandthe
ajimez,andinthefullyRenaissanceplateresque
modalitysuchastheusageofcandelabracolumnsl
Anotherregionalfeatureistheuseofshellsandflo-
ralmotifsasafavouritedecorativethemel5
RegardingtheplateresqueinMichoacán,Ma-
nuelGonzálezGalvánsaysthatMichoacánmade
someofthemostbrilliantculturalcontributions
because,althoughlargelyunknown,thereareso
manyexampleswithsuchapeculiarcharacter
thatitshouldbeconsideredarealregionalschool
withintheuniversalismofthestylel6Theauthor
highlightstheimportanceofindigenousinfluence
inarchitecturaldemonstrations,statingthatthelo-
calsknewhowtoselectexternalculturalconcepts,
aestheticandconceptual,andendedupaccumulat-
ingonlythosethatweremorecongenialtotheir
tastesandunderlyingorpreconceivedideasl7
Thus,theregionalsealintheMichoacánreli-
giousarchitectureandmostespeciallypresenton
theroofsofthereligiousbuildingsoftheindig-
enousvillages,isthestrongpresenceofMudéjar
art,whichweknowwasalsotheproductofthe
syncretismofthetwocultureslLocally,Tarascan
handicraftimprinteditsowncharacterl
Theroofsoftheregionalreligiousbuildingsare
characterisedbyMudéjarcompositionwithoneor
morealfizframingentrancearches,choirwindows
andeventheentirefaçade,withatendencytobe
limitedtoasquareorrectangleinwhichthearcwas
5Yokohama(1998:232)l
6GonzálezGalván(1978:65)l
7GonzálezGalván(1978:66)l
ill.1.UruapanHospital(Huatapera),alfizwindowdetail,
michoacán,mexico,(2013,photo.torressalomao
photographicarchive)
ill.2.FaçadeandroofoftheFranciscanconventof
erongaricuaro,michoacán,mexico,(2013,photo.
torressalomaophotographicarchive)
