Resumen

OREA MAGANA, Haydeé. The Baroque Façade of Santo Domingo Temple, San Cristobal de las Casas (Mexico) and its pictorical retouching: a polemic intervention. Intervención (Méx. DF) [online]. 2014, vol.5, n.9, pp.34-42. ISSN 2007-249X.

This article analyzes the theoretical and practical considerations with regard to the restoration of the façade of the Santo Domingo Church in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas (Mexico). In view of these, the team in charge of this work decided to undertake pictorial retouching in order to match the original color: the implications of this intervention are discussed here.

Palabras llave : stucco facades; reintegration of color; criteria; restoration theory.

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