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Author:

Jasienski, Adam, 1985- author. aut

Title:

Praying to portraits : audience, identity, and the Inquisition in the early modern Hispanic world / Adam Jasienski.

Publisher:

The Pennsylvania State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xiv, 216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles (some color) ; 27 cm

Subject:

Portrait painting, Spanish--16th century.
Portrait painting, Spanish--17th century.
Portrait painting, Latin American--16th century.
Portrait painting, Latin American--17th century.
Christian art and symbolism--Spain--16th century.
Christian art and symbolism--Spain--17th century.
Christian art and symbolism--Latin America--16th century.
Christian art and symbolism--Latin America--17th century.
Christian art and symbolism.
Portrait painting, Latin American.
Portrait painting, Spanish.
Latin America.
Spain.
1500-1699

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-203) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : portraits and sacred images in early modernity -- Sacrificing the self -- True portraits, lying portraits -- Repainting portraits -- Portraits as sacred images -- Conclusion : the life histories of sacred portraits and the history of sacred portraiture.

Summary:

"Explores sacred portraits in early modern Spain and Latin America and their use in mediating an individual's relationship to the divine, emphasizing the role of the spectator in the production of meaning"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0271093447
9780271093444

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1342985346

LCCN:

2022037341

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)