Written in Stone: Jesuit buildings in Goa and their artistic and architectural features
Book Details
Author(s)Cristina Osswald
PublisherGoa,1556
ISBN / ASIN9380739168
ISBN-139789380739168
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank2,086,428
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
A very detailed look at the art and architecture of the Jesuit buildings in Goa, once the headquarters of the Portuguese empire in the East. Among the buildings studied are the Colegio de S. Paulo Velho (1541-1578), the male and female catechumenates (1550s), the hospital for indigenous people (1551), the noviciate (1556-1664), the orphanage (1558), the first church of S. Paulo Velho (1541-1560), the second church of S. Paulo Velho (1560-1579), the Bom Jesus (1594-1605), the Colegio de S Paulo Novo (1610-1620), the colegio do Espirito Santo in Salcete, the Colegio de Santo Inacio, Rachol (1606-09), and the recreation site at Santana.
