Angels and Demons in Art [] Joseph Toone
News Category: News and General Discussion
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Published February 15, 2021
Following the conquest of Mesoamerica, the Spanish imposition of Catholicism thrived on taking what the indigenous already believed then tweaking it some to make it Catholic.
The afterlife is a theme frequently and significantly encountered in the sculptures and ceramics of pre-Hispanic times. Now with Spanish Catholicism angels and demons became permanent features in Mexican art as representative of life’s duality the indigenous adhered to. Basically, with the good comes the bad.
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