tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post8665309634379725318..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Spanish missions in California: architecture and industryHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-29178038598465395562016-12-28T10:56:03.785+11:002016-12-28T10:56:03.785+11:00Santa Barbara Mission has been well photographed a...Santa Barbara Mission has been well photographed and discussed in Intelliblog. Many thanks for the link:<br />http://nicholasjv.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/travel-tuesday-59-santa-barbara-usa.htmlHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-81182198076533973302013-12-31T10:29:06.671+11:002013-12-31T10:29:06.671+11:00Quyen
Thank you. I think to understand any archit...Quyen<br /><br />Thank you. I think to understand any architecture at all, we must know the history of the era and of the individual institution. <br /><br />But even more so with an institution that came from another country and another society. The Spanish missions were beautiful and also effective in fulfilling their state role.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-72322061019018798002013-12-31T03:06:40.538+11:002013-12-31T03:06:40.538+11:00Absolutely incredible pictures. I also love your r...Absolutely incredible pictures. I also love your recap of the history of the mission!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04953214506719119690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-25907269726624836232013-12-28T11:19:27.733+11:002013-12-28T11:19:27.733+11:00Bnc cable
for a good look at the mission in San L...Bnc cable<br /><br />for a good look at the mission in San Luis Obispo, read the blog called Itinerant: http://liveitinerantly.com/blog/2013/12/27/christmas-eve-in-san-luis-obispo<br /><br />The architecture has been well preserved and the gardens are special.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-56856832680981612522012-08-31T19:43:53.052+10:002012-08-31T19:43:53.052+10:00This ԁesign is inсredible! Yоu mоst certаinly know...This ԁesign is inсredible! Yоu mоst certаinly know hοw to keeρ a readeг аmuseԁ.<br />Between your wit and уour νideos, Ι was almοst moveԁ to start <br />my οwn blоg (well, almost...HаHa!) Wonderful jοb.<br />I reаlly enјoyеd what yоu had to say, аnԁ moге <br />than that, how yοu presented it. Тoо cool!<br /><i>Here is my blog post</i> <b><a href="http://www.bnccable.net" rel="nofollow">Bnc cable</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-24582595898555831102012-03-09T15:02:44.865+11:002012-03-09T15:02:44.865+11:00We Travel
I know that the building materials, arc...We Travel<br /><br />I know that the building materials, arches, windows, floor tiles, ceiling beams and bell towers were very similar to Spanish and Mexican facilities. <br /><br />Now I would like to know about the activities of the 21 sites. If the mission system was intended to be a giant training school that comprised agriculture, mechanical arts and the raising of live-stock, were there similar vocational facilities in Spain and Mexico? Did the mother countries have their own carpenters, brickies and potters.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-47155269871734631732012-03-09T14:52:39.978+11:002012-03-09T14:52:39.978+11:00PM Doolan
you are sooo right. History can be read...PM Doolan<br /><br />you are sooo right. History can be read in official chronicles of course, but in so many other places as well.<br /><br />I know when impoverished mothers gave their babies over the orphanages in Britain, for example, they often gave a toy or some other token to the carers. They hoped that the "orphans" would grow up knowing how much their mothers had loved them. Those tokens were ignored by historians for decades.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-72975729938179070932012-03-09T14:46:52.823+11:002012-03-09T14:46:52.823+11:00LondonGirl,
I have learned a great deal about the...LondonGirl,<br /><br />I have learned a great deal about the architectural history of the missions, but I too knew very little about how the residents felt about the facilities and how historians have come to view the entire movement. It is a fascinating topic, and one still relevant now (in some countries).Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-83728476179079353942012-03-09T14:44:15.857+11:002012-03-09T14:44:15.857+11:00STAG,
hmmmm Ottawa.. a bit far to come for lectur...STAG,<br /><br />hmmmm Ottawa.. a bit far to come for lectures :) But there are tons of books and journal articles on the topic.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-82493587837403572832012-03-09T14:42:26.308+11:002012-03-09T14:42:26.308+11:00foto fanatic
It seems that many churches tithed t...foto fanatic<br /><br />It seems that many churches tithed their congregants, taking 10% of their precious value (in money or in kind). Which would be fine if the families received their fair share of the wealth in schooling, care of orphans and widows, decent funerals etc etc. <br /><br />My feeling is that some opulence was for opulence sake, and not for the locals' spiritual or material comfort. I am NOT thinking of the Californian missions, in this instance.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-47060448297330991332012-03-09T11:52:18.729+11:002012-03-09T11:52:18.729+11:00How do these Spanish Missions compare to convents ...How do these Spanish Missions compare to convents etc back in Mexico or Spain?We Travelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-29713316777979908572010-02-09T21:14:13.106+11:002010-02-09T21:14:13.106+11:00I remember visiting the Jesuit mission in San Fran...I remember visiting the Jesuit mission in San Francisco many years ago. I had read up on the architecture, but I was totally unprepared for the graveyard. It was filled with the graves of Irish immigrants from 1847 - the Black Year of the Irish famine. I remember the grave of one family, the O' Sullivans of Cork. She and he in their 20s and their young infant - all three had died within days of each other. I was deeply moved by this unexpected discovery which brought home to me the unendurable suffering of these people who had fled famine, crossed the Atlantic and the width of an entire continent to only meet death thousands of miles from home. And these graves represent just a small example of suffering of unimagianable proportions.<br />Reading you article Helen brought this back to me again.P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-30625540197071374542010-02-08T20:53:54.409+11:002010-02-08T20:53:54.409+11:00thanks, this is a wonderful post! I'd vaguely ...thanks, this is a wonderful post! I'd vaguely heard of it, but the detail was new, and I really enjoyed itLondonGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17532160454896753797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-198522494677479262010-02-07T10:21:48.252+11:002010-02-07T10:21:48.252+11:00What a fun class this must have been to teach! I ...What a fun class this must have been to teach! I have to admit my only exposure to any of the Ranchero period would be old Zorro movies!<br /><br />And I thought Camino Real was a Tennessee Williams Play....STAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198646624631167489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-59551550058862805612010-02-06T10:43:09.631+11:002010-02-06T10:43:09.631+11:00Love that detailed history. When I was in South Am...Love that detailed history. When I was in South America I was gobsmacked at the opulence of the Catholic churches and cathedrals by comparison with the relative poverty of their constituents.<br /><b>tff</b>the foto fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17234840691455844914noreply@blogger.com