Jesuit Winemaking and Art Production in Northern New Spain
This article presents new research on Jesuit visual culture in northern New Spain, situating Santa María de las Parras (founded 1598) as an important site where the Jesuits and secular landowners became involved in the lucrative business of winemaking. Viticulture in Parras helped transform this mis...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 294-314 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CE Christian art CG Christianity and Politics KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBR Latin America KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church |
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Jesuit art and architecture
B Northern New Spain B Colonial Mexico B Santa María de las Parras B Tlaxcalan Indians B Patronage B Viticulture |
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| Summary: | This article presents new research on Jesuit visual culture in northern New Spain, situating Santa María de las Parras (founded 1598) as an important site where the Jesuits and secular landowners became involved in the lucrative business of winemaking. Viticulture in Parras helped transform this mission settlement into a thriving center of consumption. The Jesuits fostered alliances with Spanish and Tlaxcalan Indians to serve their religious and temporal interests, as these patrons donated funds to decorate chapels in the Jesuit church of San Ignacio. This financial support allowed the Society to purchase paintings by prominent artists in Mexico City and import them to Parras. The Jesuits arranged their chapels in a carefully ordered sequencing of images that promoted Ignatian spirituality and echoed iconographic decoration programs in Mexico City and Rome. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-1332 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Jesuit studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22141332-00602006 |