Derek Burdette
Biographic Data
| ID | 5686304 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Derek Burdette |
| GIVEN NAMES | Derek |
| FAMILY NAME | Burdette |
| SIGNATURE | BURDETTE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oregon |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Divinity and decay: The narrative of miraculous renovation and the repair of sacred images in colonial Mexico
Miraculous images in the early modern period were continually restored and touched up to ensure their continued decency, relevancy, and efficacy as divine conduits. This article focuses on the miraculous narratives that accompanied those artistic alterations, and in particular, on the trope of miraculous renovation that explained the dramatic restoration of several blackened and decayed crucifixes in seventeenth-century Mexico. By unpacking the b…
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Divinity and decay: The narrative of miraculous renovation and the repair of sacred images in colonial Mexico
Miraculous images in the early modern period were continually restored and touched up to ensure their continued decency, relevancy, and efficacy as divine conduits. This article focuses on the miraculous narratives that accompanied those artistic alterations, and in particular, on the trope of miraculous renovation that explained the dramatic restoration of several blackened and decayed crucifixes in seventeenth-century Mexico. By unpacking the b…
Aesthetics (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Colonialism (1 works) · Decorum (1 works) · Divinity (1 works) · Early Modern Women Writers (1 works) · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (1 works) · History (1 works) · History (1 works)