Location: México, D.F.
Images: Photograph (WTL, 2007) of high altar (altar mayor) in the Catedral Metropolitana, facing the Zócalo in Mexico City.
Comments: (A) Gold found and extracted by forced labor in the Americas was recast in Eurocentric uses; (B) this giant Baroque altar mayor is composed entirely of polychrome sculpture, Renaissance paintings, and the richest gold leaf.
Cultural humanities: (A) Cupio; (B) religio; (C) religion; (D) colonial church architecture and design; (E) Latin American Baroque style