Title Baroque Seville : sacred art in a century of crisis / Amanda Wunder

Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 209 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans Contents The art of disillusionment : the patronage of Mateo Vázquez de Leca -- The piety of powerful neighbors : the renovation of Santa María la Blanca -- A temporary triumph : the Seville Cathedral's festival for San Fernando -- The nobility of charity : the church and hospital of the Santa Caridad -- The phoenix of Seville : rebuilding the Church of San Salvador Summary "Explores the making of seventeenth-century Seville's greatest Baroque monuments. Conceived as a spiritual solution to Seville's problems, these works had a profound real-world effect on the city in crisis. Examines Baroque art as a collaborative process involving not only painters but altarpiece designers, plaster carvers, embroiderers, printmakers, and authors" --Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-200) and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Art 2008 gnd Subject Christian art and symbolism -- Spain -- Seville -- Modern period, 1500- Art, Baroque -- Spain -- Seville Art, Spanish -- Spain -- Seville -- 17th century Group work in art -- Spain -- Seville -- History -- 17th century Art and society -- Spain -- Seville -- History -- 17th century ART -- History -- General. ART -- History -- Baroque & Rococo. Art and society Art, Baroque Art, Spanish Christian art and symbolism -- Modern period Group work in art Christliche Kunst SUBJECT Seville (Spain) -- History -- 17th century Subject Spain -- Seville Sevilla Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780271079431 0271079436

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