Publication: Del libro de emblemas al espacio monacal: emblemas de amor divino en el monasterio de Santa Catalina de Siena (Arequipa, Perú).
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Rodríguez-Perico, Lina María
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En el claustro de los Naranjos del monasterio
de Santa Catalina de Siena (Arequipa, Perú) se
conserva una serie anónima de veinticinco pinturas al óleo datadas en el siglo XVIII, las cuales tienen por tema los emblemas de amor divino del libro devocional Affectos divinos con emblemas sagradas, publicado en Valladolid en 1638 y 1658. Teniendo en cuenta el cambio de sentido del que fueron objeto estas imágenes al insertarse en un nuevo espacio físico e ideológico, este estudio reflexiona sobre la función de este programa místico al interior de la clausura. Dicha función debió de ser de dos tipos: formativa, pues estas pinturas sirvieron como medio para presentar e inculcar en las religiosas la obligación adquirida en su profesión; y meditativa, ya que pudieron funcionar como objeto de esta práctica entorno al ideal espiritual transmitido a través de estas.
The Monastery of Santa Catalina de Siena in Arequipa, Peru, houses an anonymous series of twenty-five oil paintings dating back to the XVIII century, which depict the divine love emblems from the devotional book Affectos divinos con emblemas sagradas (Valladolid, 1638 and 1658). Considering the transformation of the emblems' sense and meaning as a result of their transfer into a new physical and ideological space, this paper reflects on the function of this program in the context of a female monastery. This function must have been of two types: formative, as the series served as a medium to present and instil in the nuns the obligation acquired through their vows, and meditative, as these paintings were able to function as objects of meditation about the spiritual ideal conveyed by them.
The Monastery of Santa Catalina de Siena in Arequipa, Peru, houses an anonymous series of twenty-five oil paintings dating back to the XVIII century, which depict the divine love emblems from the devotional book Affectos divinos con emblemas sagradas (Valladolid, 1638 and 1658). Considering the transformation of the emblems' sense and meaning as a result of their transfer into a new physical and ideological space, this paper reflects on the function of this program in the context of a female monastery. This function must have been of two types: formative, as the series served as a medium to present and instil in the nuns the obligation acquired through their vows, and meditative, as these paintings were able to function as objects of meditation about the spiritual ideal conveyed by them.




