Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico - Crowned-Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent

Informationen zum Autor By James M. Córdova Klappentext Offering a pioneering interpretation of the "crowned nun" portrait, this book explores how visual culture contributed to local identity formation at a time when the colonial Church instituted major reforms that radically changed the face of New Spain's co Zusammenfassung Offering a pioneering interpretation of the “crowned nun” portrait, this book explores how visual culture contributed to local identity formation at a time when the colonial Church instituted major reforms that radically changed the face of New Spain’s co Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Women's Religious Pathways in New SpainChapter 2. New Spanish Portraiture and Portraits of NunsChapter 3. Euro-Christian Precedents in the Crowned-Nun ImageChapter 4. Indigenous Contributions to Convent Arts and CultureChapter 5. The Profession Portrait in a Time of CrisisChapter 6. Colonial Identity RhetoricsEpilogueNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

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• Authors: James M. Caordova, James M. Cordova, James M. Córdova
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.01.2014
• EAN: 9780292753150
• ISBN: 978-0-292-75315-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation; Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation; Latin American and Caribbean A
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art