Church Dome
1850?-1900?
I chose this painting because it shows the meaning of how the Church played an important part in how the people lived their lives, especially the conservatives, and how the Church also played a political role in how things should be done, as well as, having control throughout countries. However, there were other people that were against the Church/conservatives, those were the Liberals.
The difference between the Liberals and the conservatives is that the Liberals believe that people should be free in what they can do and use their voices in any means possible, instead of having a controlled environment. The conservatives believe the church has the power to control what fits best for the people and have control over what people can or cannot do. The conservatives and the liberals were always feuding with one another because of their political beliefs and the belief that the people can or cannot be dependent on one control decision that people make, as well as, making your own decision. Furthermore, the Church believed the only decision that needed to be done is by God and God only, as well as, the religious text. The conservatives only went by that rule and made people believe that was the only way.
The conflict between the conservatives and the liberals is that they always managed to somehow find holes in the political system, as well as, the laws of that the Church wanted to use amongst the people because the Catholic church was heavily involved in Latin-America and Spain. There were various types of reforms in order to stabilize the government and these reforms wanted the Church to be overthrown as a controlled government because the people who did these reforms wanted to have its own government and wanting the church not to have a whole lot of control of everything in its power, as well as, having people to have more freedom to do what that a free person should have.
Dawson, Alexander. “Latin America SInce Independence: A History with Primary Sources”. 2nd Edition. Taylor & Frances 2015. Routledge.
“Church Dome”, Church Dome. Tulane University Digital Library, https://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane%3A11454