Church of Santa María Tonantzintla
Santa María Tonantzintla (Spanish: Templo de Santa María Tonantzintla) is a church in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.[1]
Description and history
The church is valued for its decoration in what is called folk or indigenous Baroque.[2] The church was initially built in the 16th century and developed over four phases until the 19th century. At the end of the 17th century, it had its basic layout, cupola, sacristy and main altar. At this time its intricate stucco work was begun. The first phase of construction began in the 16th century, with a small sanctuary, whose vestiges are located just north of the current church. The first church on this spot was built in the middle of the 16th century with a simple nave and façade, now destroyed. The second phase began at the end of the 17th century and beginning of the 18th, when the bell tower, cupola, basic layout and a small sacristy were built. Decorative stucco work was also done on the apse. The third phase covers most of the 18th century when the structure was completed, expanding the nave, leaving the tower within it, and a new façade. The last phase covers the 19th and early 20th centuries, when the final details were finished.[3] These details include pre-Hispanic elements such as dark skinned angels, others with blond hair and blue eyes, niches with headdresses, tropical fruits and ears of corn. This area was sacred to Tonantzin, the mother goddess, and the Spanish replaced her with an image of the Virgin Mary.[4]
In 1951 modern dancer and choreographer José Limón[5] created a dance titled "Tonantzintla" based on the decoration in the nave of the church.[6] The U.S. premiere of the work took place at Jacob's Pillow.[7]
References
- ^ Glockner, Julio (2016). "The Barroque Paradise of Santa María Tonantzintla (Part I)". Ethnologia Actualis. 16: 8–29. doi:10.1515/eas-2016-0001. S2CID 151880894 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Ochoa, Vicente (November 21, 1999). "Cholula y Tonantzintla, tesoros de Puebla" [Cholulaand Tonantzintla, treasures of Puebla]. Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City. p. 6.
- ^ "Puebla-San Andrés Cholula". Municipal Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Mexico: Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo. 2009. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ^ "Turismo" [Tourism] (in Spanish). Cholula, Mexico: Municipality of San Andrés Cholula. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ^ "José Limón", Wikipedia, 2019-06-23, retrieved 2019-07-05
- ^ "CONTENTdm". jmedia.juilliard.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ "Jacobs Pillow Archive: Program: Melissa Hayden and Herbert Bliss; José Limón Dance Company; Ruth St. Denis [Program-146]". archives.jacobspillow.org. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
External links
Media related to Templo de Santa María, Tonantzintla at Wikimedia Commons
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