Convento de San Diego de Quito: Historia y Restauracion Architecture Ecuador

Description: Birkitts Books presents ... Convento de San Diego de Quito: Historia y Restauracion Author:Alexandra Kennedy Troya; Alfonso Ortiz Crespo Publisher:Museo del Banco Central del Equador Release Date:1982 Seller Category:Architecture Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Good Sku: 240317015 Notes: Text in Spanish. First Edition of 3000 copies. No dust jacket, minor wear, binding sound, internally clean. Includes 4 diagrams/plans of the Convent tucked into a pocket affixed to the inside rear cover. Profusely illustrated. The Convent of San Diego was the old Recoleta of the Franciscan Order. It is the first Recoleta of Ecuador, founded on January 29, 1597 by Father Bartolomé Rubio and, the second in South America; the first is in Peru, that of Our Lady of the Angels of Lima, in Rímac, (founded in 1592).Its walls keep precious canvases with allegories of the passion of Christ, the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and the life of chastity and poverty of saints such as San Francisco de Asís and San Diego de Alcalá, patron of the Convent. It has great wealth in canvases, sculptures, textiles and silverware. The works bear the talent of the Quito School of the 17th and 18th centuries.Pieces that are of great interest are the pulpit, an example of baroque ornamentation of the 18th century; the image of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá; and the Crucifix over which the bohemian Father Almeida went out to his nocturnal jaranas. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!

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