Materializing the Invisible: Landscape Painting in Viceregal Peru as Visionary Painting
Landscape painting in Peru typically does not receive much attention from critical dis-course, even though the adoption of the Flemish landscape by Andean viceregal painters became a distinctive feature of Peruvian painting of the second half of the 17th century. Considered a consequence of a change...
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| description | Landscape painting in Peru typically does not receive much attention from critical dis-course, even though the adoption of the Flemish landscape by Andean viceregal painters became a distinctive feature of Peruvian painting of the second half of the 17th century. Considered a consequence of a change in the artistic taste of viceregal society, the landscape was perceived as a secondary element of the composition. In this article, we will analyze the inclusion of the Flemish landscape in Andean religious painting from another critical perspective that takes into account different spiritual processes that colonial religiosity goes through. We analyze how the influence of the Franciscan and Jesuit mysticism created a fertile ground where landscape painting could develop in Peru. The Andean viceregal painters found in the landscape an effective way to visualize suprasensible spiritual experiences and an important device for the development in Peru of a painting with visionary characteristics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76cb2ad0cf644fe484f4c7849877e68f2023-11-22T11:58:26ZengMDPI AGArts2076-07522021-08-011035710.3390/arts10030057Materializing the Invisible: Landscape Painting in Viceregal Peru as Visionary PaintingSebastian Ferrero0Art History Department, Art and Sciences Faculty, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1N8, CanadaLandscape painting in Peru typically does not receive much attention from critical dis-course, even though the adoption of the Flemish landscape by Andean viceregal painters became a distinctive feature of Peruvian painting of the second half of the 17th century. Considered a consequence of a change in the artistic taste of viceregal society, the landscape was perceived as a secondary element of the composition. In this article, we will analyze the inclusion of the Flemish landscape in Andean religious painting from another critical perspective that takes into account different spiritual processes that colonial religiosity goes through. We analyze how the influence of the Franciscan and Jesuit mysticism created a fertile ground where landscape painting could develop in Peru. The Andean viceregal painters found in the landscape an effective way to visualize suprasensible spiritual experiences and an important device for the development in Peru of a painting with visionary characteristics.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/10/3/57Peruvian viceregal paintingreligious paintinglandscapemysticism and contemplation |
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| title | Materializing the Invisible: Landscape Painting in Viceregal Peru as Visionary Painting |
| title_full | Materializing the Invisible: Landscape Painting in Viceregal Peru as Visionary Painting |
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| title_short | Materializing the Invisible: Landscape Painting in Viceregal Peru as Visionary Painting |
| title_sort | materializing the invisible landscape painting in viceregal peru as visionary painting |
| topic | Peruvian viceregal painting religious painting landscape mysticism and contemplation |
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