Saturday, May 19, 2007

Tecamachalco mission church ceiling


Tecamachalco roof, originally uploaded by Rageforst..

This is the ceiling of the mission church at Tecamachalco, Mexico. It was painted by Juan Gerson, a 16th c. Amerindian. Each one is prepared on papel de amate, or fig bark paper. The colors, the illustration are marvelous. My favorite is the Noah's ark.

I will post more info on this later...

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