Architectural Rhetoric and the Iconography of Authority in Colonial Mexico (Hardcover)

Hardcover. This book investigates the Casa de Montejo and considers the role of the buildings Plateresque facade as a form of visual rhetoric that conveyed ideas about the individual and communal cultural identities in sixteenth-century Yucatan. C. Cody Barteet analyzes the facade within the complex colonial world in which it belongs, including in multicultural Yucatan and the transatlantic world. This contextualization allows for an examination of the architectural rhetoric of the facade, the design of which visualizes the contestations of autonomy and authority occurring among the colonial peoples. This book investigates the role of the architectural facade as an indicator of individual and communal cultural identities, focusing on a residence of a conquistador rather than religious and monarchial structures. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.