The art of professing in Bourbon Mexico

By James M. Córdova

Subjects: Art and society, Art, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico / bisacsh, ART / Caribbean & Latin American, ART / Caribbean et Latin American / bisacsh, Crowned nun portraits, Caribbean & Latin American, Art / fast / (OCoLC)fst00815177, Nonne, Painting, mexican, HISTORY, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, Portrait painting, Mexican Portrait painting, Portrait painting, Mexican / fast / (OCoLC)fst01072231, Art and society / fast / (OCoLC)fst00815432, National characteristics, Mexican, in art, Art and society / Mexico / History / 18th century, Mexico, Nuns, Mexican National characteristics, ART, Portrait painting, Mexican / 18th century, Bildnismalerei, Crowned-nun portraits / fast / (OCoLC)fst01893387, History, Crowned-nun portraits, National characteristics, Mexican / fast / (OCoLC)fst01033477

Description: "Offering a pioneering interpretation of the "crowned nun" portrait, this book explores how visual culture contributed to local identity formation in Mexico"--