Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Metropolitan Cathedral
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Accession Number:
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170235
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module FOUR--6,080 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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General view of the altarpiece (by Jer¿nimico de Balb¿s, built over 7 years beginning in 1718)
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Date of View:
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8/15/1998
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Image description:
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Altar of the Kings is the first baroque retablo in which est¿pites were used. The two major paintings in the centre are by Juan Rodr¿guez Ju¿rez (1675-1728) depicting "The Adoration of the Kings" and "The Assumption of the Virgin".
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module FOUR
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Culture:
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Mexican
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Work Types:
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Architecture; religious structures; churches; cathedrals
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Preferred Title:
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Metropolitan Cathedral
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Agent Display:
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Claudio de Arciniega (Mexican architect, ca. 1526-1593); Jer¿nimo de Balb¿s (Mexican architect, ca. 1680-1748)
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Date:
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1563-1813 (inclusive)
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Alternate Title:
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Catedral Metropolitana
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Alternate Title:
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Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunci¿n de Mar¿a
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Locations:
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Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Baroque
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Style/Period:
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Spanish Colonial
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Style/Period:
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Churrigueresque
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Classification:
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Architecture
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