Spanish colonial art in the Americas was almost entirely religious in nature, but it was very colorful. Paintings were often done on building walls. There are no sundials on any of the Spanish missions in Arizona.
John L. Carmichael Jr. 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson Arizona, USA Tel: 520-696-1709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sundial Sculptures Website: http://www.sundialsculptures.com Stained Glass Sundials Website: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 11:47 PM Subject: Re: Spanish style sundials > Hi Claude, > > Thanks very much for taking the time to research this for me. Martha Villegas has directed me to some useful sites in Mexico and it seems that there wasn't a single style of dials for this type of building. So my colleague (who is a client for a brass dial) can let his imagination go. > > Hopefully, if he completes a dial I will be able to post a picture. > > Regards, > > John > ----------------------------------- > > > from: Claude Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:02:22 > > to: [email protected] > > subject: Re: Spanish style sundials > > > > I have searched for a spanish site with a number of images with little success. The best link was on the "links" page of the NASS site, www.sundials.org/links. The one listed as "Relojes de Sol" > > has a page with links to pages having images. > > > > Many of these pages show some very "modern" forms. > > > > I have tried to find out if sundials were used in the California missions. The curators at two museums, one in Newport Beach and one at Santa Barbara, could find no references. The only sundials > > seem to be 19th century horizontals that were added in recent times. If there were ever any verticals on some walls they have either not survived or have not been recognized as such. > > > > Claude Hartman > > Arroyo Grande, California > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > > > A Californian diallist who is not a member of this list wants to put a vertical sundial on a local church building, now used as a community centre. > > > > > > The church was built in the early 1900s but to the earlier "Mission-sytle". The wall is approximately south-facing and of white stucco. It is likely that the dial will be painted onto the wall. > > > > > > Can anyone point me to suitable styles of dial (probably from the Spanish-speaking world) that would be appropriate to the site, please. > > > > > > Thanks in anticipation, > > > > > > John D > > > -------------------------- > > > > > > Dr J R Davis > > > Flowton Dials > > > N52d 08m: E1d 05m > > > - > > > > > > - > > > > Dr J R Davis > Flowton Dials > N52d 08m: E1d 05m > - > -
