La Iglesia de San Ignacio de Santafé de Bogotá: Una puesta en escena para la educación de los sentidos (siglos XVII y XVIII)

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the first Jesuitical temple in Santafé de Bogotá was the San Ignacios´s one. It was a true educational center more than cultic place and it attracted people of all social classes, assembled in religious congregations. To “seduce” and it attract them, it was necessary to have a huge amount of genius, patience and creativity. To accomplish their educational task, the members of the Society of Jesus found assistance in fine arts manifestations. Their instruction, in conformity with the baroque spirit, did not have a conceptual basis, but a practical one. It reached people of all conditions and cultural background images and exemplary stories. Its goal was to educate more than to instruct, and it was oriented more to the sensibility than to the reason.