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This initial book in the groundbreaking new series Illuminating Women Artists is the first English-language monograph on the extraordinary Spanish Baroque sculptor Luisa Roldán. Luisa Roldán (1652-1706), also known as La Roldana, was an accomplished Spanish Baroque artist, much admired during her lifetime for her exquisitely crafted and painted wood and terracotta sculptures. Roldán trained under her father and worked in Seville, Cádiz, and Madrid. She even served as sculptor to the royal chambers of two kings of Spain. Yet despite her great artistry and achievements, she has been largely forgotten by modern art history. Written for art lovers of all backgrounds, this beautifully illustrated book offers an important perspective that has been missing--a deeper understanding of the opportunities, and the challenges, facing a woman artist in Roldán's time. With attention to the historical and social dynamics of her milieu, this volume places Roldán's work in context alongside that of other artists of the period, including Velázquez, Murillo, and Zurbarán, and provides much-needed insight into what life was like for this trailblazing artist of seventeenth-century Spain.
Sculpture --- terracottas [sculptural works] --- religious art --- polychrome --- Spanish Renaissance-Baroque styles --- Roldán, Luisa --- houtsculptuur --- vrouwelijke kunstenaar --- beeldhouwkunst, barok --- Women sculptors --- Sculptors --- Sculpture, Spanish --- Christian art and symbolism --- Sculptrices --- Art chrétien --- Sculpteurs --- Sculpture espagnole --- Sculptors. --- Christian art and symbolism. --- Sculpture, Spanish. --- Women sculptors. --- Modern period. --- Roldán, Luisa, --- Since 1500 --- Spain. --- Individual artists --- History of art --- Wood sculpture, Spanish --- Sculpture sur bois espagnole
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This beautifully illustrated monograph presents the first overview in English of the life and work of Luisa Roldán (1652-1706), a prolific and celebrated sculptor of the Spanish Golden Age. The daughter of Pedro Roldan, a well-known sculptor from Seville, she developed her talent in her father's workshop. Early in her career she produced large polychromed wooden sculptures for churches in Seville, Cadiz, and surrounding towns. She spent the second half of her career in Madrid, where she worked in both polychromed wood and polychromed terracotta, developing new products for a domestic, devotional market. In recognition of her talent, she was awarded the title of Sculptor to the Royal Chambers of two kings of Spain, Charles II and Philip V. This book places Roldán within a wider historical and social context, exploring what life would have been like for her as a woman sculptor in early modern Spain. It considers her work alongside that of other artists of the Baroque period, including Velazquez, Murillo, and Zurbaran. Reflecting on the opportunities available to her during this time, as well as the challenges she faced, Catherine Hall-van den Elsen weaves the narrative of Roldán's story with analysis, revealing the complexities of her oeuvre.
Women sculptors --- Sculpture, Spanish --- Christian art and symbolism --- Sculptresses --- Sculptors --- Women artists --- Roldán, Luisa Ignacia, --- Roldana --- Roldán, María Luisa --- Art, Christian --- Art, Ecclesiastical --- Arts in the church --- Christian symbolism --- Ecclesiastical art --- Symbolism and Christian art --- Religious art --- Symbolism --- Symbolism in art --- Church decoration and ornament --- Spanish sculpture --- Roldana, --- Roldán, María Luisa, --- vrouwelijke kunstenaars --- barok --- beeldhouwkunst --- Roldán, Luisa --- 17de eeuw --- 18de eeuw --- Spanje --- vrouwelijke kunstenaars. --- barok. --- sculptuur. --- Roldán, Luisa. --- 17de eeuw. --- 18de eeuw. --- Spanje. --- sculptuur
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