CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter C
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS x
5. PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS xi
6. INTRODUCTION: OBSERVATIONS ON THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SPANISH PAINTING 3
7. PART I: THEORY AND ART IN THE ACADEMY OF FRANCISCO PACHECO
8. 1. A Community of Scholars 21
9. 2. El Arte de la Pintura as an Academic Document 44
10. 3. Theory into Practice: The Arts and the Academy 63
11. PART II: PAINTERS AND PROGRAMS
12. 4. On the Meaning of Las Meninas 87
13. 5. Zurbaran's Paintings in the Sacristy of the Monastery of Guadalupe 111
14. 6. Hieroglyphs of Death and Salvation: The Decoration of the Church of the Hermandad de la Caridad, Seville 128
15. EPILOGUE 147
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 149
17. INDEX 161