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John W. O’Malley, S.J. The Jesuits And The Popes: A Historical Sketch Of Their Relationship. Philadelphia: Saint Joseph’S University Press, 2016. Pp. 149. Hb, $40., D. Scott Hendrickson
John W. O’Malley, S.J. The Jesuits And The Popes: A Historical Sketch Of Their Relationship. Philadelphia: Saint Joseph’S University Press, 2016. Pp. 149. Hb, $40., D. Scott Hendrickson
D. Scott Hendrickson
A review of John W. O'Malley's book, The Jesuits and the Popes: A Historical Sketch of Their Relationship.
José Ramón Marcaida López, Arte Y Ciencia En El Barroco Español. Seville: Fundación Focus Abengoa; Madrid: Marcial Pons, 2014. Pp. 337. Hb, 27 Euros, D. Scott Hendrickson
José Ramón Marcaida López, Arte Y Ciencia En El Barroco Español. Seville: Fundación Focus Abengoa; Madrid: Marcial Pons, 2014. Pp. 337. Hb, 27 Euros, D. Scott Hendrickson
D. Scott Hendrickson
A review of José Ramón Marcaida Lopez's book, Arte y ciencia en el barroco español.
Seeing In Imagination: Visual Representation And Spiritual Contemplation In The Ascetical Treatises Of Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, D. Scott Hendrickson
Seeing In Imagination: Visual Representation And Spiritual Contemplation In The Ascetical Treatises Of Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, D. Scott Hendrickson
D. Scott Hendrickson
The once famous Spanish Jesuit Juan Eusebio Nieremberg engages the readers of his ascetical treatises De la diferencia entre lo temporal y eterno (1640) and De la hermosura de Dios (1641) in seeing in their imagination a seemly contradictory set of images of the material world: one in contempt, the other in wonder. However, the images serve the same purpose of fostering a greater appreciation for the eternal. This paper examines how Nieremberg’s visually descriptive narrative relates to the ways in which painters of the Spanish Golden Age –Valdés Leal, Sánchez Cotán and Murillo– display items on their canvases ...