Flowers Disguised: Woman's Voice through the Catholic Tradition in the Art of Maria Tomasula
Since the late twentieth century, Latina artists have used Catholic images, such as depictions of altars and the Virgin of Guadalupe, to speak both for themselves and for women's issues at large. Maria Tomasula seems far from that norm, since she focuses on tightly constructed, dramatic still l...
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Carregar...
|
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado em: |
[2019]
|
| Em: |
Religion and the arts
Ano: 2019, Volume: 23, Número: 1/2, Páginas: 100-123 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Tomasula, Maria 1958-
/ Natureza morta
/ Catolicismo
/ Mulher
/ Conflitos de gênero
|
| Classificações IxTheo: | KBR América Latina KDB Igreja católica |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Julia Kristeva
B abject B woman's voice B Day of the Dead B Sacred Heart B Maria Tomasula B ofrenda B still life B skull B Martyrdom |
| Acesso em linha: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Resumo: | Since the late twentieth century, Latina artists have used Catholic images, such as depictions of altars and the Virgin of Guadalupe, to speak both for themselves and for women's issues at large. Maria Tomasula seems far from that norm, since she focuses on tightly constructed, dramatic still life, painted in the traditional European illusionistic manner. She reveals, however, Catholic influences and feminist messages in her flower paintings. This article aims to unveil the woman's voice in the works of still life by Tomasula, as communicated through embedded Catholic symbolism and references. It will examine how her works evoke the home altar tradition as well as images of saints in martyrdom to speak for the Mexican American woman. This article also applies the concept of the abject, as espoused by Kristeva to denote a woman's realm, to Tomasula's art. Tomasula's still lifes thus ultimately delineate a woman's space and her discrete experience. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1568-5292 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Religion and the arts
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685292-02301005 |
