Title Images on a mission in early modern Kongo and Angola / Cécile Fromont

Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (398 pages) Contents Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "Nonsense": Capuchin Images of Kongo and Angola Against Italian Preconceptions -- 2. Practical Guides to the Mission: The Capuchin Central-African Corpus -- 3. Images and Devotion -- 4. Images as Method -- 5. Images Against Idolatry -- 6. With "the Consent of the People, and the Secular Arm of the Prince" -- 7. Penned by Encounter: Capuchins, Central Africans, and the Making of a Cross-Cultural Discourse -- Conclusion -- Notes Summary Early modern central Africa comes to life in an extraordinary atlas of vivid watercolors and drawings that Italian Capuchin Franciscans, veterans of Kongo and Angola missions, composed between 1650 and 1750 for the training of future missionaries. These "practical guides" present the intricacies of the natural, social, and religious environment of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century west-central Africa and outline the primarily visual catechization methods the friars devised for the region. Images on a Mission in Early Modern Kongo and Angola brings this overlooked visual corpus to public and scholarly attention.This beautifully illustrated book includes full-color reproductions of all the images in the atlas, in conjunction with rarely seen related material gathered from collections and archives around the world. Taking a bold new approach to the study of early modern global interactions, art historian Cécile Fromont demonstrates how visual creations such as the Capuchin vignettes, though European in form and crafstmanship, emerged not from a single perspective but rather from cross-cultural interaction. Fromont models a fresh way to think about images created across cultures, highlighting the formative role that cultural encounter itself played in their conception, execution, and modes of operation.Centering Africa and Africans, and with ramifications on four continents, Fromont's decolonial history profoundly transforms our understanding of the early modern world. It will be of substantial interest to specialists in early modern studies, art history, and religion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Capuchins -- Missions -- Kongo Kingdom -- History -- 17th century Capuchins -- Missions -- Kongo Kingdom -- History -- 18th century Capuchins -- Missions -- Angola -- History -- 17th century Capuchins -- Missions -- Angola -- History -- 18th century SUBJECT Capuchins fast Subject Capuchin art -- Kongo Kingdom -- 17th century Capuchin art -- Kongo Kingdom -- 18th century Capuchin art -- Angola -- 17th century Capuchin art -- Angola -- 18th century Capuchin art Missions Africa -- Kongo Kingdom Angola Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021061073 ISBN 9780271094090 0271094095

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