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Sacred Spain
Art and Belief in the Spanish World

Edited by Ronda Kasl; Essays by Alfonso Rodríguez G. de Ceballos, Javier Portús, Luisa Elena Alcalá, William A. Christian, Jr., María Cruz de Carlos Varona, Jaime Cuadriello, and Ronda Kasl

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.

 

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2009   400 pp.  25 b/w + 125 color illus.   -   Cloth ISBN: 9780300154719  $65.00 sc
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