On Christian Iconography: Selections from the Art of Painting (1649) (Early Modern Catholicism and the Visual Arts) - Hardcover
Synopsis
In this translation, the writings on religious painting by the 17th-century Spanish painter Francisco Pacheco are for the first time made available to an English-speaking readership. There is no other English translation of a Spanish art treatise currently available, thus making this an invaluable resource for teaching courses on Spanish baroque art or counter-reformation visual culture. In addition, this book is accompanied by a critical introduction to Pacheco s activity as both an erudite painter and writer which sheds valuable light onto the concerns addressed in this book as well as the aims of its author. While his most famous apprentice, Diego Velázquez, launched a brilliant career at court, Pacheco sought to leave a literary testimony of a lifetime spent devoted to the painting of devotional and sacred subjects.
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