Painting and devotion in Golden Age Iberia: Luis de Morales

Andrews, Jean

Abstract

Luis de Morales, known as El Divino because of his intensely religious subject matter, is the most significant and recognisable Spanish painter of the mid-sixteenth century, the high point of the Spanish and Portuguese counter-reformations. He spent almost his entire working life in the Spanish city of Badajoz, not far from the border with Portugal, and did not travel outside of a small area around that city, straddling the border. The social, political and cultural environment of Badajoz and its environs is crucial for a thorough understanding of Morales’s output, and this book provides context in detail – considering literature and liturgical theatre, the situation of converted Jews and Muslims, the presence of Erasmianism, Lutheranism and Illuminism (Alumbradismo), devotional writing for lay people, and proximity to the Bragança ducal palace in Portugal as a means of explaining this most enigmatic of painters.

Citation

Andrews, J. (2020). Painting and devotion in Golden Age Iberia: Luis de Morales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Acceptance Date: Jul 4, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Jun 1, 2020
• Publication Date: Jun 9, 2020
• Deposit Date: Sep 28, 2020
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Series Title: Studies in visual culture
• ISBN: 9781786836021
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3910276
• Related Public URLs: https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/painting-and-devotion-in-golden-age-iberia/