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PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN-100292753152
ISBN-139780292753150
eBay Product ID (ePID)166520885
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
Publication NameArt of Professing in Bourbon Mexico : Crowned-Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCaribbean & Latin American, Latin America / Mexico, Subjects & Themes / Portraits, Christianity / Catholic, History / General
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
AuthorJames M. Córdova
Subject AreaArt, Religion, History
SeriesLatin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight22.5 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2013-016387
ReviewsIn a fascinating analysis of crowned nun portraits of New Spain, James M. Crdova examines in detail how the tradition of painting women nuns in regal attire and intricate crowns of flowers originated in the Spanish American colonies., This work makes a valuable contribution to research literature on colonial Mexico's visual culture that undergraduate students will find enlightening., In a fascinating analysis of crowned nun portraits of New Spain, James M. Córdova examines in detail how the tradition of painting women nuns in regal attire and intricate crowns of flowers originated in the Spanish American colonies.
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal757.097209033
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Women's Religious Pathways in New Spain Chapter 2. New Spanish Portraiture and Portraits of Nuns Chapter 3. Euro-Christian Precedents in the Crowned-Nun Image Chapter 4. Indigenous Contributions to Convent Arts and Culture Chapter 5. The Profession Portrait in a Time of Crisis Chapter 6. Colonial Identity Rhetorics Epilogue Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
SynopsisIn the eighteenth century, New Spaniards (colonial Mexicans) so lauded their nuns that they developed a local tradition of visually opulent portraits, called monjas coronadas or "crowned nuns," that picture their subjects in regal trappings at the moment of their religious profession and in death. This study identifies these portraits as markers of a vibrant and changing society that fused together indigenous and Euro-Christian traditions and ritual practices to construct a new and complex religious identity that was unique to New Spain. To discover why crowned-nun portraits, and especially the profession portrait, were in such demand in New Spain, this book offers a pioneering interpretation of these works as significant visual contributions to a local counter-colonial discourse. James M. Córdova demonstrates that the portraits were a response to the Spanish crown's project to modify and modernize colonial society--a series of reforms instituted by the Bourbon monarchs that threatened many nuns' religious identities in New Spain. His analysis of the portraits' rhetorical devices, which visually combined Euro-Christian and Mesoamerican notions of the sacred, shows how they promoted local religious and cultural values as well as client-patron relations, all of which were under scrutiny by the colonial Church. Combining visual evidence from images of the "crowned nun" with a discussion of the nuns' actual roles in society, Córdova reveals that nuns found their greatest agency as Christ's brides, a title through which they could, and did, challenge the Church's authority when they found it intolerable., 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, In the eighteenth century, New Spaniards (colonial Mexicans) so lauded their nuns that they developed a local tradition of visually opulent portraits, called monjas coronadas or "crowned nuns," that picture their subjects in regal trappings at the moment of their religious profession and in death. This study identifies these portraits as markers of a vibrant and changing society that fused together indigenous and Euro-Christian traditions and ritual practices to construct a new and complex religious identity that was unique to New Spain. To discover why crowned-nun portraits, and especially the profession portrait, were in such demand in New Spain, this book offers a pioneering interpretation of these works as significant visual contributions to a local counter-colonial discourse. James M. Cordova demonstrates that the portraits were a response to the Spanish crown's project to modify and modernize colonial society--a series of reforms instituted by the Bourbon monarchs that threatened many nuns' religious identities in New Spain. His analysis of the portraits' rhetorical devices, which visually combined Euro-Christian and Mesoamerican notions of the sacred, shows how they promoted local religious and cultural values as well as client-patron relations, all of which were under scrutiny by the colonial Church. Combining visual evidence from images of the "crowned nun" with a discussion of the nuns' actual roles in society, Cordova reveals that nuns found their greatest agency as Christ's brides, a title through which they could, and did, challenge the Church's authority when they found it intolerable.
LC Classification NumberND1312.M44C67 2014
