Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient ChurchesA study of santos in 16th-century and other churches in Oaxaca, Mexico
By Claire and Richard Stracke Funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. In Santo Domingo
Ocotlán: Calvary
Group: Crucifix and St. John |
St. Sebastian |
Saint Sebastian: Local Name: San Sebastián. Basis for Identification: Loincloth, scutum and sash (all red), arrows in body, tied to the tree, the right hand raised high and the left hand down and away from the body. Site: Church of Santo Domingo Ocotlán. Location: Altar in the north wall of the apse, left of the glass case of Our Lady of the Rosary (see note). Media and construction: Wood, gesso, paint, fabric loincloth and scutum, tin or silver arrows. Eyes: glass, no lashes. Hair: sculpted hair. Size: About 5 feet (150 cm.) Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Achiutla, Ocotlán, Teotitlán, Tilantongo, Xoxocotlán, Yanhuitlán. External Links: Next: Two statues of
Dominican saints on the main altar Introduction to Santo Domingo
Ocotlán Note: On this site, references to the cardinal directions always assume that the main altar is at the east end of the church, the narthex or entry area at the west end, and the two walls of the nave on the north and south. Actual orientations may differ. (The nave is the long central section; the apse is the name for the area for the main altar when it is covered by a half-dome.) The photo shown here is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. You are free to share or remix it on two conditions: first, that you attribute it to the photographers, Claire and Richard Stracke, without implying any approval of your work on their part; second, that if you alter, transform, or build upon this photo, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. |