Relicarios : The Forgotten Jewels of Latin America Hardback
by Martha J. Egan
Edited by Carol Eastes
Hardback
- Information
Description
Relicarios - finely crafted, bi-faced lockets of gold or silver - are artifacts of the Spanish Colonial era.
These exquisite jewels containing devotional imagery protected by glass may include paintings on vellum, nacre, alabaster, copper, or ivory; prints; or miniature sculptures of boxwood, ivory, alabaster, or tagua.
Although tons of relics were imported from Europe, particularly by Jesuits, in general only high-status individuals wore relicarios containing relics.
Relicarios attest to colonists' dedication to their favourite Virgins and saints as well as fealty to church and crown.
As powerful amulets they protected wearers in a precarious world.
Relicarios reflects forty years of the author's research, including correspondence and interviews with relicarieros, art historians, curators, collectors, silversmiths, anticuarios, and clergy as well as the author's collection of several hundred examples.
Photos commissioned from leading art photographers in the Americas were mostly unpublished until this handsome volume.
Information
-
Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:276 pages, 150 color plates
- Publisher:Fresco Fine Art Publications
- Publication Date:30/11/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781934491744
Information
-
Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:276 pages, 150 color plates
- Publisher:Fresco Fine Art Publications
- Publication Date:30/11/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781934491744