Sacred Spain : art and belief in the Spanish world / edited by Ronda Kasl ; Alfonso Rodríguez G. de Ceballos ... [et al.].
Kasl, Ronda.; Rodríguez G. de Ceballos, Alfonso, 1931-; Indianapolis Museum of Art.
2009
N72.R4 K37 2009
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Title Sacred Spain : art and belief in the Spanish world / edited by Ronda Kasl ; Alfonso Rodríguez G. de Ceballos ... [et al.].
ISBN 9780300154719
0300154712
Imprint Indianapolis : Indianapolis Museum of Art ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2009.
Language English
Description 357 p. : col. ill. ; 33 cm.
Call Number N72.R4 K37 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 704.9/48209171246
Summary "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." -- Book jacket.
Note "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World, October 11, 2009-January 3, 2010."
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Kasl, Ronda.
Rodríguez G. de Ceballos, Alfonso, 1931-
Added Corporate Author Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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The theopolitical visualization of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception: intentionality and socialization of images / Jaime Cuadriello
Delightful adornments and pious recreation: living with images in the seventeenth century / Ronda Kasl
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