The art of professing in Bourbon Mexico
Subtitle: crowned-nun portraits and reform in the convent
By: by James M. Córdova
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780292753150
Subjects: Crowned nun portraits; Mexican Portrait painting; Art and society; History; National characteristics, Mexican, in art; ART / Caribbean & Latin American; HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico
Description: "Offering a pioneering interpretation of the "crowned nun" portrait, this book explores how visual culture contributed to local identity formation in Mexico"--
Notes: "This book is a part of the Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture publication initiative, funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations; title: List of Abbreviations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1. Women's Religious Pathways in New Spain; title: Chapter 2. New Spanish Portraiture and Portraits of Nuns; title: Chapter 3. Euro-Christian Precedents in the Crowned-Nun Image; title: Chapter 4. Indigenous Contributions to Convent Arts and Culture; title: Chapter 5. The Profession Portrait in a Time of Crisis; title: Chapter 6. Colonial Identity Rhetorics; title: Epilogue; title: Notes; title: Glossary; title: Bibliography; title: Index.