The late Robert J. Mullen has written a reliable, readable, and well-illustrated book that covers, in six chronological chapters, a selection of the major monuments of Mexican colonial architecture during the period from 1521 to independence. In keeping with his aim to “serve the needs of the general reader or college student,” he has kept the apparatus of the book simple and straightforward, with few footnotes but suggestions for further reading in English at the close of each chapter and a useful bibliography at the end of the book. There is also a glossary of Spanish terms like espadaña that a student is likely to encounter in reading about Mexico, although some words are defined in a highly specific way. A reja, for example, is defined as a “large metal screen extended from floor to ceiling in a convent church which separates the nuns in their coro from the...
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