The Rose Window
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
The Rose Window
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
La Ventana de Rosa, the Rose Window, is located on the south wall of the Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo sacristy. The window, sculpted ca.1775, has been the object of both legend and admiration. It is considered one of the finest examples of baroque architecture in North America.
Founded in 1720, the mission was named for Saint Joseph and the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo, the governor of the Province of Coahuila and Texas at the time. It was built on the banks of the San Antonio River a few miles to the south of the earlier mission, Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo).
Its founder was Father Antonio Margil de Jesus, a very prominent Franciscan missionary in early Texas.
San José, as it became known, was the largest of the missions in the area. At its height, the community contained about 350 Indian neophytes, sustained by extensive fields and herds of livestock. Viewed as the model among the Texas missions, San José gained a reputation as a major social and cultural center. It became known as the "Queen of the Missions." Its imposing complex of stone walls, bastions, granary, and magnificent church was completed by 1782.
Mission San Jose is an active parish and a National Historic Park. Visitors are welcome to attend mass on Sundays.
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December 29th, 2015
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VIVA Anderson
Congrats, for your being Artist of The Week, and, here's just one of my FAVs, with compliments, kudos for all your oeuvre, .....VIVA
Jurgen Lorenzen
A big thank you to the collector from Spring, TX., for the purchase of a 24x36" canvas print!
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