Official Architecture Decantation towards Popular Classes: Mexico City’s Shrines

Authors

  • Aldo Fabián Solano Rojas Beneficiario del Fideicomiso para el De- sarrollo de Recursos Humanos (FIDERH) del Banco de México (2014-1015).

Keywords:

Decantation, ex voto, Mexico City, Shrine, Virgin of Guadalupe

Abstract

Mexico City’s popular shrines in public spaces often are constructed with certain architectural forms inspired by the New Basilica of  Guadalupe, these objects prove the decantation of the “cult” forms  and language from the top towards the popular clases, due to powerful devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe.

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Author Biography

Aldo Fabián Solano Rojas, Beneficiario del Fideicomiso para el De- sarrollo de Recursos Humanos (FIDERH) del Banco de México (2014-1015).

Licenciado en Historia del Arte, Casa Lamm, 2012, estudiante del máster Historia del Arte: Conocimiento y Tutela del Patrimonio Histórico 2014-2015 de la Universidad de Granada, Departamento de Historia del Arte.

Published

2015-06-29

How to Cite

Solano Rojas, Aldo Fabián. 2015. “Official Architecture Decantation towards Popular Classes: Mexico City’s Shrines”. Quiroga. Revista De Patrimonio Iberoamericano, no. 7 (June):96-100. https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/quiroga/article/view/16407.

Issue

Section

Varia