Visualizing Imperium:The Virgin of the Seafarersand Spain’s Self-Image in the Early Sixteenth Century*
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Published:2005
Issue:3
Volume:58
Page:815-856
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ISSN:0034-4338
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Container-title:Renaissance Quarterly
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Renaiss. Q.
Author:
Carla Rahn Phillips
Abstract
AbstractThe Virgin of the Seafarers(1531–36) by Alejo Fernández was designed as the central panel of an altarpiece for the chapel in the House of Trade’s Hall of Audiences in Seville. Little attention has been paid to the central panel and almost none to the four side panels, yet they are crucial to our understanding of how the Spanish monarchy defined its mission overseas. The iconography of the altarpiece as a whole made visible Spain’s self-image as the creator and guarantor of a militant, evangelical Christian empire, dedicated to spreading the Gospel as well as fomenting trade and colonization.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Literature and Literary Theory,Visual Arts and Performing Arts,History
Cited by
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