Constructing a Saint Through Images: The 1609 Illustrated Biography of Ignatius of Loyola - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0916101584 ISBN 13: 9780916101589

Publisher: St Josephs Univ Pr, 2008

Synopsis

Constructing a Saint Through Images is a facsimile reproduction of the illustrated life of Ignatius of Loyola, Vita beati patris Ignatii Loiolae, published in Rome in 1609 to celebrate his beatification that year by Pope Paul V. The Vita consisted of eighty-one copperplate engravings and was the most elaborate such life produced up to that time. The engraver was Jean-Baptiste Barbe, who enlisted the young Peter Paul Rubens to contribute drawings for the project. The Vita is important for several reasons - the occasion for which it was produced, the influence it had on subsequent Jesuit iconography, the place it held in the Jesuits' campaign for Ignatius' canonization, the role Rubens almost certainly played in its production, and especially for the number and exquisite quality of the engravings. Saint Joseph's University Press has produced this facsimile edition in honor of the 400th anniversary of the original publication. John W. O'Malley wrote the introduction to the volume, and James P. M. Walsh translated the Latin captions.

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About the Author

John W. O'Malley, S.J., is University Professor at Georgetown University, and author of "The First Jesuits" (Harvard University Press, 1993), among many other titles. He is co-editor of "The Jesuits and the Arts 1540-1773" (Saint Joseph's University Press, 2005). Fr. O'Malley is also editor of the new series, "Early Modern Catholicism and the Visual Arts," published by Saint Joseph's University Press.

James P. M. Walsh, S.J., is Associate Professor of Theology at Georgetown University.

Edition details

• Publisher: St Josephs Univ Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0916101584
• ISBN 13: 9780916101589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 199