James M. Córdova

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

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Latin American and Caribbean A
• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780292753150
• ISBN-10: 0292753152
• Artikelnr.: 37721720

Autorenporträt

James M. Córdova is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he teaches pre-Columbian and colonial Latin American art.

Inhaltsangabe

List 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