TY - BOOK ID - 101665981 TI - The arts of encounter : Christians, Muslims, and the power of images in early modern Spain PY - 2022 SN - 9781487509309 1487509308 9781487509323 9781487509316 PB - Toronto, Ont. University of Toronto Press DB - UniCat KW - Spanish literature KW - Christian art and symbolism in literature KW - Christianity and other religions KW - Religion and culture KW - Christianisme KW - Religion et culture KW - Christianity KW - Interfaith relations KW - Islam KW - Religion KW - History and criticism KW - Relations KW - Islam. KW - Classical period KW - 1500-1700 KW - Spain KW - Christian church history KW - Iconography KW - History of civilization KW - History of Spain KW - anno 1600-1699 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101665981 AB - "Images of crosses, the Virgin Mary, and Christ, among other devotional objects, pervaded nearly every aspect of public and private life in early modern Spain, but they were also a point of contention between Christian and Muslim cultures. Writers of narrative fiction, theatre, and poetry were attuned to these debates, and religious imagery played an important role in how early modern writers chose to portray relations between Christians and Muslims. Drawing on a wide variety of literary genres as well as other textual and visual sources, including historical chronicles, travel memoirs, captives' testimonies, and paintings, Catherine Infante traces the references to religious visual culture and the responses they incited in cross-confessional negotiations. She reveals some of the anxieties about what it meant to belong to different ethnic or religious communities and how these communities interacted with each other within the fluid boundaries of the Mediterranean world. Focusing on the religious image as a point of contact between individuals of diverse beliefs and practices, The Arts of Encounter presents an original and necessary perspective on how Christian-Muslim relations were perceived and conveyed in print."-- ER -