ENGLISH

Saints, Santos, shrines

By John , Annerino

Book information

Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Year
2013
ISBN
978-1-4236-3141-5, 1423631412, 9781461934615, 1461934613
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
12 MB (12511283 bytes)
Edition
1st ed
Pages
\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
New -- Religious life and customs.;RELIGION -- ChrNew.;SouthwestSantos (Art) -- Southwest

Description

Wooden sculptures and relief paintings of saints such as St. Francis, the Blessed Virgin, and Apostles of Christ have for centuries been objects of devotion and worship in the Southwest Catholic culture. This centuries-old heritage is celebrated here through photographs, essay, and literary quotes that beautifully bring the devotion into focus. Crafting saints has always been seen as a high calling. These santeros and santeras (saint makers) created santos—images of saints, Christ, the Trinity, and Holy Family—painting them on wooden panels called retablos. They carved and painted wooden sculptures called bultos. And if they built a home chapel, they carved and painted an altar screen, or altar retablo, called a reredos, that was made up of smaller retablos and sometimes adorned with bultos.

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