Classic Metropolitan Tabernacle in Mexico City
by Mark Tisdale
Title
Classic Metropolitan Tabernacle in Mexico City
Artist
Mark Tisdale
Medium
Photograph - Photo Art
Description
I didn't have nearly enough time in Mexico City and even less with a functional camera. That part is a story in itself, but what I did see begged to be explored in more depth some day.
Mexico City is a vast place packed with history ranging from its pre-Columbian foundations to Spanish Colonial architecture like this old beauty, the Metropolitan Tabernacle immediately adjacent to the massive cathedral. As impressive as the cathedral was, though, it was the baroque architecture of the tabernacle that struck home for me. There was something about it that reminded me of old paintings and postcards I had seen of Mexico and the American southwest. It dripped in baroque decorations while having a very classic shape.
I also suspect that the deep red may be something of a link to the indigenous people that called Mexico home. I know one of our guides at another site said that those people had a special thing for the deep reds we see here and that not entirely understanding the reasons, the Spanish decorated the churches with that color. It was a wish to bridge the divide between their peoples through the use of that same blood red color.
At any rate, with that feeling that this looked like it had been snatched from a piece of quintessential old Mexican art, I decided to use a similar treatment in my final work of the Tabernacle. I wanted it to feel vintage, pulled from the past weathering and fading and all.
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April 14th, 2013
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