The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico : Crowned-Nun Portraits and Reform in the Convent / by James M. Córdova.
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TextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780292753167
- 0292753160
- 0292753152
- 9780292753150
- Crowned-nun portraits
- Portrait painting, Mexican -- 18th century
- Art and society -- Mexico -- History -- 18th century
- National characteristics, Mexican, in art
- Peinture de portraits mexicaine -- 18e siècle
- Art et société -- Mexique -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- ART -- Caribbean & Latin American
- HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico
- Art and society
- Crowned-nun portraits
- National characteristics, Mexican, in art
- Portrait painting, Mexican
- Mexico
- 1700-1799
- 757.0972/09033 23
- ND1312.M44 C67 2013eb
- ART044000 | HIS025000
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"This book is a part of the Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture publication initiative, funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 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.
"Offering a pioneering interpretation of the "crowned nun" portrait, this book explores how visual culture contributed to local identity formation in Mexico"-- Provided by publisher.
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