Spanish Globalization through Murillo's Eyes

Reflections from Seventeenth-century Seville

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

This open access book examines the work of the 17th-century Baroque painter, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1618-1682) – a figure who barely left the city of Seville – as a way of understanding globalization, its consequences, and its limits.Full of saints, friars, virgins, and Christs, or poor people and cheerful pícaros oblivious to social injustice, Murillo's painting has been considered representative of the Counter-Reformation and the exponent of an immobile, even introverted, society that regressed with the ‘crisis of the 17th century’. Spanish Globalization through Murillo's Eyes introduces a global perspective by considering the Atlantic art market and developing comparisons with Protestant paintings and an analysis of Murillo’s iconography alongside the social and political theory of his time. Such comparisons and analyses illuminate a different image, emphasizing the idea of a common European path towards modernity, individualism, emotional self-control and social change.The book also examines how Murillo’s contemporaries interpreted his iconography. The result is a new and sharper understanding of the tensions created by globalization in the field of art, in the construction of imagined communities, and in social relations in the early modern era.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-02-19
Mått:160 x 236 x 22 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:328
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350528772

Utforska kategorier

Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla is Professor of Early Modern History at Pablo de Olavide University, Spain. He is the author of several books, including Iberian Empires and the Globalization of Europe 1415-1668 (2019). He is also the co-editor of American Globalization, 1492–1850: Trans-Cultural Consumption in Spanish Latin America (2021) and The Rise of Fiscal States: A Global History, 1500–1914 (2012).

Recensioner i media

Through Murillo’s Eyes is a vibrant tribute to a city and an artist that straddled a world of contrasts. While often too easy to think of seventeenth-century Spain as in decline and beginning to isolate, this book makes the invaluable contribution of showing how Spanish art was very much in conversation with the global world.

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsForewordIntroduction: Seville and MurilloPart 1 - Seville and Murillo in Atlantic Pictorial Networks1. Art Markets, Colonial Trade, and Painters in a Global CityPart 2 - Between America and Europe2. American Experiences and Sevillian Traditions3. Globalization and Confessionalization: Family, Women, and Virtue in the Dutch MirrorPart 3 - Globalization and Seville’s Elites4. Passions, Self-Discipline, Religious Conversion, and Family Conflicts: The Theme of the Prodigal Son5. Self-Representation: Aristocracy, Individualism, and Noble ValuesPart 4 - Globalization, Christian Tradition, and Popular Conflict6. Work and Family: A Franciscan and an Artisans’ Painter7. Egalitarian Images, the Moral Economy, and Layers of Globalization in the City of GodPart 5 - Global Contexts and Symbols of Nationhood8. The ‘Republic’ and the ‘Monarchy’ of Spain in Sevillian painting: On the Immaculate Conception and Ferdinand IIIConclusion: Murillo, Spain and seventeenth-century SevilleBibliographyIndex