Mexican Colonial Art Extravaganza
It's located at the convent of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe , a national monument just south of the fascinating city of ZACATECAS. The former convent contains an exceptional collection of colonial art including a 24 canvas cycle of the life of St Francis by Antonio de Oliva (1752). Also, the Last Supper by Antonio de Torres. Other works are by Miguel Cabrera and Nicolas Rodrigues Juarez. Colonial sculpture and furniture are also exhibted. There is a library with a collection of rare hand-printed books.The dramatic Baroque style was meant to undermine the dryness of Protestantism by appealing to religious emotion. This nearly cartoonish scene of the guards throwing dice for the robe of Jesus emphasizes their fallen bestiality and the wounded compassion of Christ.
