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Carmen Ripollés (res.)
Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, ISSN 1463-6204, ISSN-e 1469-9818, Vol. 14, Nº. 4, 2013, págs. 480-482
The art of Spain and Spanish America during the 17th century is overwhelmingly religious-it was intended to arouse wonder, devotion, and identification. Its forms and meanings are inextricably linked to the beliefs and religious practices of the people for whom it was made. In this groundbreaking book, scholars of art and religion look at new ways to understand the reception of use of these images in the practice of belief. As a result, the book argues for a fundamental reappraisal of the cultural role of the Church based on an analysis of the specific devotional and ritual contexts of Spanish art.
Handsomely illustrated essays discuss paintings, polychrome sculptures, metalwork, and books. They call attention to the paradoxical nature of the most characteristic visual forms of Spanish Catholicism: material richness and external display as expressions of internal spirituality, strict doctrinal orthodoxy accompanied by artistic expression of surprising unconventionality, the calculated social projection of new devotional themes, and the divergence of popular religious practices from officially prescribed ones.
págs. 15-36
The Holy Depicting the Holy: Social and Aesthetic Issues
págs. 37-54
The Image and Its Maker: The Problem of Authorship in Relation to Miraculous Images in Spanish America
págs. 55-74
págs. 75-100
"The Authority of Sacred Paintbrushes": Representing Medieval Sainthood in the Early Modern Period
págs. 101-120
The Theopolitical Visualization of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception: Intentionality and Socialization of Images
págs. 121-146
Delightful Adornments and Pious Recreation: Living with Images in the Seventeenth Century
págs. 147-166
Reliquary Bust of Saint Francis Xavier, ca. 1625 [comentario de obra]: attributed to Juan de Mesa
págs. 278-279
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