Publication: Tumbas vacías y cadáveres pintados. La presencia del cuerpo muerto del rey en las exequias americanas (siglos XVII y XVIII).
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Mínguez, Víctor
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En la Edad Moderna las honras fúnebres de los monarcas hispanos fueron concebidas como ceremonias al servicio de la representación del poder. Su papel aun fue más relevante en los dominios americanos, territorios que jamás fueron visitados en vida por ningún rey español. Sin embargo, a la hora de su muerte, resultó frecuente pintar el cadáver de cada monarca en las pinturas jeroglíficas que decoraban sus catafalcos transoceánicos. Y aunque la mayor parte de estas pinturas solo las conocemos descritas a través de las crónicas de exequias, diversos jeroglíficos novohispanos reproducidos en grabados nos permiten percibir la fuerte presencia del cuerpo muerto del rey ¿o de la reina- decorando los túmulos americanos que albergaron su tumbas vacías, e incluso su incorporación en visiones de las postrimerías en ciclos religiosos.
In the Modern Ages the funeral ceremonies of the Hispanic monarchs were conceived as rituals serving the representation of power. His role was even more relevant in the American dominions, territories that were never visited by any Spanish king alive. However, at the time of their death, the body of every monarch was painted in hieroglyphics decorating their transoceanic catafalques. Most of these paintings were only described by the funeral chronicles, but those reproduced in prints allows us to perceive the strong presence of the dead body of the king, or queen, in their catafalques, the house of their empty graves, and even the incorporation of the kings into visions of the late four stages of the religious cycles.
In the Modern Ages the funeral ceremonies of the Hispanic monarchs were conceived as rituals serving the representation of power. His role was even more relevant in the American dominions, territories that were never visited by any Spanish king alive. However, at the time of their death, the body of every monarch was painted in hieroglyphics decorating their transoceanic catafalques. Most of these paintings were only described by the funeral chronicles, but those reproduced in prints allows us to perceive the strong presence of the dead body of the king, or queen, in their catafalques, the house of their empty graves, and even the incorporation of the kings into visions of the late four stages of the religious cycles.
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En López, María del Pilar; Quiles, Fernando (eds.). Visiones renovadas del Barroco iberoamericano. Universo Barroco Iberoamericano. Sevilla: Universidad Pablo de Olavide; Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2016




