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The art of professing in Bourbon Mexico : crowned-nun portraits and reform in the convent
- Title
- The art of professing in Bourbon Mexico : crowned-nun portraits and reform in the convent / by James M. Córdova.
- Author
- Córdova, James M., 1974-
- Publication
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 252 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- "Offering a pioneering interpretation of the "crowned nun" portrait, this book explores how visual culture contributed to local identity formation in Mexico"--
- Subjects
- Art and society
- Portrait painting, Mexican
- Art
- Mexico
- Portrait painting, Mexican > 18th century
- National characteristics, Mexican, in art
- ART > Caribbean & Latin American
- 1700 - 1799
- National characteristics, Mexican
- Crowned-nun portraits
- History
- Art and society > Mexico > History > 18th century
- HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "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."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JQE 14-98
- ISBN
- 0292753152 (hardback)
- 9780292753150 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2013016387
- OCLC
- 832287088
- Author
- Córdova, James M., 1974- author.
- Title
- The art of professing in Bourbon Mexico : crowned-nun portraits and reform in the convent / by James M. Córdova.
- Publisher
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700 - 1799
- Research Call Number
- JQE 14-98