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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jasienski, Adam, 1985- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portrait painting, Spanish--16th century.

Portrait painting, Spanish.

Portrait painting, Spanish--17th century.

Portrait painting, Latin American--16th century.

Portrait painting, Latin American.

Portrait painting, Latin American--17th century.

Christian art and symbolism--Spain--16th century.

Christian art and symbolism.

Christian art and symbolism--Spain--17th century.

Christian art and symbolism--Latin America--16th century.

Christian art and symbolism--Latin America--17th century.

Latin America.

Spain.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Portraits.

Physical Description:

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

Other Title:

Audience, identity, and the Inquisition in the early modern Hispanic world

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023]

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.

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.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780271093444

0271093447

OCLC:

1342985346