[Aztlan] Az: Bows and Arrows

[Sam Edgerton]

Hi Greg: The foliated swag motif that extends through and connects all the 
Ixmiquilpan paintings is sometimes referred to as the style of "tequitqui", 
a  Nauatl word that means "laborer". The term is pejorative but has 
unfortunately been applied rather generally to this type of mural 
decoration commonly seen in nearly all the sixteenth-century conventos in 
Mexico. It clearly derived from European classical and Renaissance sources 
(actually printed bookplates) but was taught to native artisans by the 
friars who desired to be surrounded by familiar pictorial idioms. 
Nevertheless, indigenous artists became quite expert at mastering it and 
even introduced traditional flora and other native elements. In my THEATERS 
book, Chapter Six, I have extensively described and analyzed 
iconographically the Ixmiquilpan foliated decor in this respect.
Sam Edgerton



At 02:08 PM 4/16/2007 -0500, you wrote:

>The foliate decoration on that mural really looks European.  Were the 
>artists working with a european artist?
>Regards,
>
>Greg
>
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>>Hi again Listeros: Here's a URL of one of Jorge's Ixmiquilpan-mural photos
>>showing a struggle between a "Chichimec" holding a bow and arrows, and an
>>Otomi warrior emerging from a flower dressed in a jaguar skin, and armed
>>with a maccuahuitl.
>>Sam Edgerton
>>
>>http://lanfiles.williams.edu/~sedgerto/IXMIQ.jpg
>>
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