Mexican Baroque

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Mexican Baroque is an ornate colonial-era architectural and artistic style in Mexico characterized by elaborate facades, rich ornamentation, and a fusion of European Baroque with indigenous motifs.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
New Spanish Baroque 9
Mexican Baroque canonical 4
Colonial Mexican Baroque 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
artistic style
associatedWithCity Mexico City
Morelia
Oaxaca
Puebla
Taxco
linked to: Taxco de Alarcón
associatedWithReligion Roman Catholicism
country Mexico
developedInCentury 17th century
18th century
developedInPeriod colonial era
hasElement estípite pilasters
floral and vegetal motifs
indigenous symbolic motifs
intricate stone carving
painted murals
retablo-style altarpieces
sculpted saints and angels
solomonic columns
tile decoration
hasMainCharacteristic abundant use of religious symbolism
complex iconographic programs
dramatic contrasts of light and shadow
dynamic curved forms
elaborate facades
facade as primary decorative focus
fusion of European Baroque and indigenous motifs
highly sculptural decoration
integration of architecture and sculpture
ornate altarpieces
polychrome decoration
rich ornamentation
use of gilding
use of stucco reliefs
hasRegionalVariant Churrigueresque
Oaxacan Baroque
linked to: Mexican Baroque

Puebla Baroque
ultra-Baroque
influencedBy Catholic Counter-Reformation aesthetics
European Baroque
linked to: Baroque

Spanish Baroque
indigenous Mesoamerican artistic traditions
purpose didactic religious communication
expression of colonial power structures
visual glorification of the Catholic faith
usedFor Catholic churches
cathedrals
civil architecture
monasteries
palaces
urban mansions

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zacatecas City architecturalStyle Mexican Baroque
Church of La Profesa hasArtStyle New Spanish Baroque
linked to: Mexican Baroque
Templo de Santo Domingo (Puebla) architecturalStyle New Spanish Baroque
linked to: Mexican Baroque
Palacio de los Condes del Valle de Orizaba architecturalStyle New Spanish Baroque
linked to: Mexican Baroque
Palacio de los Condes de San Mateo de Valparaíso architecturalStyle New Spanish Baroque
linked to: Mexican Baroque
Francisco Antonio Guerrero y Torres culturalContext New Spanish Baroque
linked to: Mexican Baroque
Spanish Baroque influenced Colonial Mexican Baroque
linked to: Mexican Baroque
Plaza de Santo Domingo, Mexico City hasArchitecturalStyle New Spanish Baroque
linked to: Mexican Baroque
Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán (San Cristóbal de las Casas) architecturalStyle New Spanish Baroque
linked to: Mexican Baroque
Mexican Baroque hasRegionalVariant Oaxacan Baroque
linked to: Mexican Baroque
Casa de los Muñecos hasArtisticStyle Mexican Baroque
Casa del Alfeñique architecturalStyle New Spanish Baroque
linked to: Mexican Baroque
Museo Internacional del Barroco exhibitionFocus New Spanish Baroque
linked to: Mexican Baroque