La Iglesia en America: Evangelizacion y Cultura
Sevilla: Pabellon de la Santa Sede, 1992. Softcover. Plain, vanilla card wraps. Matching, transparent parchment dj with color illus. and black lettering. 343 pp. with 255 color plates and additional images. VG+/Good+ (Clean, tight, bright; dj has some chips and light soiling to upper edge). Item #151326
Text in Spanish. The Vatican Pavilion at the 1992 World's Fair of Seville, Expo 92, was devoted to explaining the evangelization of America, through illustrated of works of art, books, and maps from different collections and archives. This is the catalogue from that exhibition. The works gathered include a great deal of materials, ranging from creations of the masters to specimens of popular art. The exhibition paid attention to cultural and geographical aspects of evangelization, as well as the scope of faith with Christ as the central figure, represented by a series of masterpieces by El Greco, Caravaggio, Murillo and Goya. In addition, the expo also covered the activities of evangelization carried out by ecclesiastics and missionaries, with the exhibition of documents, plans, paintings, sculptures and gold and silver works. Includes a section devoted to the design and architecture of the Vatican Pavilion.
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