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portada Relicarios: The Forgotten Jewels of Latin America
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2020
Language
English
Pages
276
Format
Hardcover
ISBN13
9781934491744
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Relicarios: The Forgotten Jewels of Latin America

Martha J. Egan (Author) · Fresco Fine Art Publications · Hardcover

Relicarios: The Forgotten Jewels of Latin America - Martha J. Egan

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Synopsis "Relicarios: The Forgotten Jewels of Latin America "

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 Photos commissioned from leading art photographers in the Americas were mostly unpublished until this handsome volume.

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