Book contents
- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Terminology and Translations
- Introduction
- Part I Devotion
- Part II Illumination
- 4 Beautiful Blackness: Representing Black Saints in Baroque Sculpture
- 5 Brilliant Blackness: Hagiographic Metaphors of Light and Dark
- 6 The Practice of Humility and Spiritual Authority in the Lives of Black Holy Women
- Afterlife
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
4 - Beautiful Blackness: Representing Black Saints in Baroque Sculpture
from Part II - Illumination
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 November 2019
- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Terminology and Translations
- Introduction
- Part I Devotion
- Part II Illumination
- 4 Beautiful Blackness: Representing Black Saints in Baroque Sculpture
- 5 Brilliant Blackness: Hagiographic Metaphors of Light and Dark
- 6 The Practice of Humility and Spiritual Authority in the Lives of Black Holy Women
- Afterlife
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
Examines baroque sculpture and paintings of black saints, their iconography and spiritual meanings.
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- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism , pp. 127 - 169Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019