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Praying to portraits: audience, identity, and the Inquisition in the early modern Hispanic world

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    Audience, identity, and the Inquisition in the early modern Hispanic world

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"Explores sacred portraits in early modern Spain and Latin America and their use in mediating an individual's relationship to the divine, emphasizing the role of the spectator in the production of meaning"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Introduction : portraits and sacred images in early modernity -- Sacrificing the self -- True portraits, lying portraits -- Repainting portraits -- Portraits as sacred images -- Conclusion : the life histories of sacred portraits and the history of sacred portraiture.

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    University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023]

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    1500-1699

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    • 0271093447
    • 9780271093444

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