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...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kang, Soo Yun 1964- (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Έκδοση: [2019]
Στο/Στη: Religion and the arts
Έτος: 2019, Τόμος: 23, Τεύχος: 1/2, Σελίδες: 100-123
Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών:B Tomasula, Maria 1958- / Νεκρή φύση / Καθολικισμός (μοτίβο) / Γυναίκα (μοτίβο) / Σύγκρουση των φύλων
Σημειογραφίες IxTheo:KBR Λατινική Αμερική
KDB Καθολική Εκκλησία
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: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
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Σύνοψη: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
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Religion and the arts
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685292-02301005