2. An Army of Peers: The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception for the Popular Imagination

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. 1. The Anatomy of the Religious Imagination: Immaculacy and the Spanish Counter-Reformation 1
6. 2. An Army of Peers: The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception for the Popular Imagination 43
7. 3. Pintor Divino: The Painter as Divinely Inspired Liberal Artist and the Conditions of Representation for a Sacred Mystery 76
8. 4. Visiones Imaginarias: Pacheco, Velázquez, Zurbarán, and Murillo 109
9. 5. Concepción Maravillosa: Theological Discourse and Religious Women Writers 152
10. Notes 205
11. Works Cited 239
12. Index 253