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March 9, 2010
Ronda Kasl, ed. Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World Exh. cat. Indianapolis and New Haven: Indianapolis Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, 2009. 400 pp.; 125 color ills.; 25 b/w ills. Cloth $65.00 (9780300154719)

Exhibition schedule: Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, October 11, 2009–January 3, 2010

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CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2010.24

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Unknown artists. Popayán, 17th–18th centuries. Crown of the Andes (ca. 1600–1700). Gold, cast, repoussé, and chased, with emeralds. Height: 13 1/2 in. (34.5 cm). Diameter: 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm). Private collection.

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Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World defied conventional boundaries of what constitutes “Spanish” art. It was a refreshingly intelligent exhibition, and ideally will set new standards for how the field is studied. It presented the imagery of Catholicism as a common denominator of Spanish identity in Old World and New. The stunning selection of objects was presented in six thematic sections to remind viewers of their original raison d’être: “In Defense of...