City, Temple, Stage: Eschatological Architecture and Liturgical Theatrics in New Spain.(Book review)

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City, Temple, Stage: Eschatological Architecture and Liturgical Theatrics in New Spain. By Jaime Lara. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. xii + 300 pp. $65.00 cloth.

Jaime Lara puts space in its right place in the way he presents a comprehensive study of colonial architecture, historical geography, urban design, and dramaturgy within the history of religious conversion. He underscores the coincidence of ideas among missionaries and Nahuas in order to recognize the relevance of the iconography and metaphors of eschatology and salvation. Beyond spatial ...

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