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Apples and Oranges

or

The Fruits of Mannerism in a New World:

Retablo Art

of the Mexican Evangelization

James B. Kiracofe

Sixteenth Century Studies Conference

Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco

28 October 1995

 [this is the list of slides as presented at the conference]

Dates of Artists Considered:

Luis de Vargas: Born Seville 1505-6, Died Seville,1567.

Andrés de Concha: Born Seville, Arrived in Mexico ca. 1570, died in Mexico after 1612.

Simon Pereyns: Born Amberes, Arrived in Mexico 1566, died in Mexico 1589.

Notes on the Photographs:

All images mine except as noted.

Slides 1 & 2:

Left:    Luis de Vargas, Adoration by the Shepherds,               ca. 1555, Seville Cathedral, after Valdivieso.

Right:  Luis de Vargas, Alegoría de la Inmaculada Concepción, signed 1561, Seville Cathedral, after  Valdivieso.

Slides 3 & 4:

Left:     View of Convento Santo Domingo Yanhuitlan

Right:  Retablo Mayor de Yanhuitlan, Andres de Concha 1570-75

Slides 5 & 6

Left:     Andrés de Concha, Adoration by the Shepherds, ca.1575,

Right:  Luis de Vargas, Adoration by the Shepherds, ca. 1555, Seville Cathedral.

Slides 7 & 8

Left:     Convento de San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca, ca. 1550-60, facade,

Right:   Retablo de San Juan Bautista, Coixtlahuaca, ca. 1580

Slides 9 & 10

Left:     Detail of lower left side of Retablo at Coixtlahuaca

Right:   Andrés de Concha, Adoration by the                                 Shepherds, ca. 1580, Coixtlahuaca

Slides 11& 12

Left:     Andrés de Concha, Adoration by the Shepherds, ca. 1580, Coixtlahuaca,   after Tovar de Teresa

Right:  Luis de Vargas, Adoration by the Shepherds,                ca. 1555, Seville Cathedral.

Slides 13 & 14

Left:     Andrés de Concha, Adoration by the Shepherds, ca. 1575, Yanhuitlan

Right:   Andrés de Concha, Adoration by the Shepherds, ca. 1580, Coixtlahuaca,

Slides 15 & 16

Left:    Convento de San Miguel Huejotzingo, ca. 1545: facade

Right:  Retablo of San Miguel Huejotzingo, Simón Pereyns, 1586

Slides 17 & 18

Left:     Simón Pereyns, Lower half of Retablo, 1586, Huejotzingo

Right:  Simón Pereyns,  Adoration by the Shepherds, 1586, Huejotzingo,  after Tovar de Teresa

Slides 19 & 20

Left:     Simón Pereyns,  Adoration by the Shepherds, 1586, Huejotzingo, after Tovar de Teresa

Right:  Luis de Vargas, Adoration by the Shepherds, ca. 1555, Seville Cathedral.  after Camón Aznar

Slides 21 & 22

Left:     Andrés de Concha, Santa Cecilia, after Tovar de Teresa

Right:   Andrés de Concha, Adoration by the Shepherds, ca. 1580, Coixtlahuaca,

Sources of published photographs used in this educational presentation:

Camón Aznar, José. Summa Artis, historia general del arte, Vol XXIV: La Pintura Española del siglo XVI. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, S.A., 1970.

Tovar de Teresa, Guillermo. Pintura y escultura en Nueva España 1557-1640. México: Grupo Azabache, 1992.

Valdivieso, Enrique. Historia de la Pintura Sevillana, siglos XIII al XX. Sevilla: Ediciones Guadalquivir, 1992.