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Sacred Spain

Art and Belief in the Spanish World
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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.

Author Biography:

Ronda Kasl is senior curator of painting and sculpture before 1800 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Release date Australia
January 5th, 2010
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributor
  • Edited by Ronda Kasl
Country of Publication
United States
Illustrations
25 b-w + 125 color illus.
Imprint
Yale University Press
Pages
400
Publisher
Yale University Press
Dimensions
25x33x4
ISBN-13
9780300154719
Product ID
3487283

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