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

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"Offering a pioneering interpretation of the "crowned nun" portrait, this book explores how visual culture contributed to local identity formation in Mexico"--

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Main Author: Córdova, James M., 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Crowned-nun portraits.
Portrait painting, Mexican > 18th century.
Art and society > Mexico > History > 18th century.
National characteristics, Mexican, in art.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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