{"product_id":"images-of-penance-images-of-mercy-southwestern-santos-in-the-late-nineteenth-century-9780806123264","title":"Images of Penance, Images of Mercy: Southwestern Santos in the Late Nineteenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the late nineteenth century Hispanic religious, or \u003cem\u003esantos\u003c\/em\u003e, made in New Mexico and Colorado were dominated by depictions of the passion and crucifixion of Christ. The predominance of these images can be traced to the growing importance of an organization known today as the brotherhood of Our Father Jesus Nazarene. The Brotherhood is a Catholic confraternity whose members are decided to living a pious Christian life through fervent devotion to the suffering and crucifixion of Christ. Their devotional actives include ceremonial processions each year during Holy Week in which, amidst prayer and the singing of hymns, statues of Christ and the Holy Virgin are carried.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing the American occupation of 1846, the Brotherhood strongly resisted the process of Americanization by preserving the core values of their Catholic faith--penance and mercy--and the ceremonies that expressed these values. For the ceremonies, the stark, powerful, locally made \u003cem\u003esantos\u003c\/em\u003e, with their articulated limbs, were preferred over the sentimental commercially made plaster statues introduced by the Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn part 1 of this study, William Wroth traces the origins and growing importance of penitential practices in the early Christian church, through medieval Spain and colonial Mexico, to New Mexico and Colorado. In part 2 a vivid description of the rituals and social functions of the Brotherhood by Marta Weigle is followed by Wroth's catalog of the expressive and moving \u003cem\u003esantos\u003c\/em\u003e in the Taylor Museum of Southwestern Studies, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center. He provides new information on the artists and their styles, describes particular pieces, and discusses their iconographic sources. Thirty- seven black-and-white and 107 color photographs illustrate the text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis first systematic study of the late nineteenth-century \u003cem\u003esantos\u003c\/em\u003e will be welcomed by cultural and art historians and by all readers interested in religious art, Hispanic culture, and the American Southwest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished for the Taylor Museum of Southwestern Studied, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-376109\"\u003eWilliam Wroth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.03h x 9.10w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806123264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806123265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL010000\"\u003eChristianity | Catholic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44580967219437,"sku":"9780806123264","price":41.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_700e5385-d267-4f0b-9699-c0585512a565.jpg?v=1702082071","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/images-of-penance-images-of-mercy-southwestern-santos-in-the-late-nineteenth-century-9780806123264","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}