{"product_id":"clothing-the-new-world-church-liturgical-textiles-of-spanish-america-1520-1820-hardback-9780268108052","title":"Clothing the New World Church; Liturgical Textiles of Spanish America, 1520–1820 (Hardback) 9780268108052","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eClothing the New World Church\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLiturgical Textiles of Spanish America, 1520–1820\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaya Stanfield-Mazzi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780268108052\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 February 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages, 186 illustrations - 8 Line drawings, black and white - 177 Illustrations, color - 1 Maps\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 3.3 cm, 1.19 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eClothing the New World Church\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerhouse of original fieldwork and incorporation of literature in art history, textiles history and Church history.\" —\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Latin American Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a beautifully produced book of value to nonspecialist colonial historians and textile scholars, who will learn much about the social and cultural context in which church textiles were produced.\" —\u003ci\u003eHispanic American Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In five generous chapters dealing with different types of textiles extensively used in churches across the Americas . . . the author provides not only an overview of the richness and diversity of the liturgical textiles produced and consumed during the early modern period, but also offers detailed discussions of pieces that despite their unique qualities have often been left out from larger discussions of contemporaneous artistic production.\" —\u003ci\u003ecaa.reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Maya Stanfield-Mazzi provides the first comprehensive survey of church adornment with textiles, addressing how these works helped establish Christianity in Spanish America and expand it over four centuries. Including more than 180 photos, the book examines both imported and indigenous textiles used in the church, compiling works that are now scattered around the world and reconstructing their original contexts.\" —\u003ci\u003eAmerican Catholic Studies Newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Maya Stanfield-Mazzi's book provides the first broad survey of church textiles of Spanish America, demonstrating that, while overlooked, textiles were a vital part of visual culture in the Catholic Church.\" —\u003ci\u003eTrebuchet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Stanfield-Mazzi celebrates the vibrant transformation of Amerindian and European textile traditions crafted for a Spanish American Church that was 'shrouded in cloth.' Her insightful, fully documented \u003ci\u003eClothing the New World Church\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the fabrics' materiality and techne, their warp and weft serving as an appropriate metaphor for a remarkable transatlantic synthesis.\" —Jeanette F. Peterson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paradise Garden Murals of Malinalco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Although there are several studies on pre-Columbian textiles, this is the first book I am aware of that deals with colonial textile arts. \u003ci\u003eClothing the New World Church\u003c\/i\u003e allows for comparisons between different native traditions, colonial economies, and church styles.\" —Andrés I. Prieto, author of \u003ci\u003eMissionary Scientists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe book provides the first broad survey of church textiles of Spanish America and demonstrates that, while overlooked, textiles were a vital part of visual culture in the Catholic Church.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Catholic churches were built in the New World in the sixteenth century, they were furnished with rich textiles known in Spanish as \"church clothing.\" These textile ornaments covered churches' altars, stairs, floors, and walls. Vestments clothed priests and church attendants, and garments clothed statues of saints. The value attached to these textiles, their constant use, and their stunning visual qualities suggest that they played a much greater role in the creation of the Latin American Church than has been previously recognized. In \u003ci\u003eClothing the New World Church\u003c\/i\u003e, Maya Stanfield-Mazzi provides the first comprehensive survey of church adornment with textiles, addressing how these works helped establish Christianity in Spanish America and expand it over four centuries. Including more than 180 photos, this book examines both imported and indigenous textiles used in the church, compiling works that are now scattered around the world and reconstructing their original contexts. Stanfield-Mazzi delves into the hybrid or mestizo qualities of these cloths and argues that when local weavers or embroiderers in the Americas created church textiles they did so consciously, with the understanding that they were creating a new church through their work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe chapters are divided by textile type, including embroidery, featherwork, tapestry, painted cotton, and cotton lace. In the first chapter, on woven silk, we see how a \"silk standard\" was established on the basis of priestly preferences for this imported cloth. The second chapter explains how Spanish-style embroidery was introduced in the New World and mastered by local artisans. The following chapters show that, in select times and places, spectacular local textile types were adapted for the church, reflecting ancestral aesthetic and ideological patterns. \u003ci\u003eClothing the New World Church\u003c\/i\u003e makes a significant contribution to the fields of textile studies, art history, Church history, and Latin American studies, and to interdisciplinary scholarship on material culture and indigenous agency in the New World.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Woven Silk\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Embroidery \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Featherwork \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Tapestry\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Painted Cotton and Cotton Lace \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary of Liturgical and Textile Terms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530840371480,"sku":"9780268108052","price":36.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/clothing-the-new-world-church-liturgical-textiles-of-spanish-america-1520-1820-hardback-9780268108052","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}