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Visual Prayers: Spanish Colonial Religious Art
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This new special exhibit features never-before-seen selections from The Bryan Museum's own Spanish Colonial religious art collection.
Catholicism was an important tool used by the Spanish to colonize and conquer an empire in the New World. Without a common language, Spanish priests and missionaries relied on artwork and images to convert indigenous populations. Religious images of Saints (Retablos), visual prayers of thanksgiving (ex-votos), images of the Virgin Mary, and statues (santos) of saints and the Holy Family were essential to communicating the principles of Catholicism. The results were painted teaching tools on par with some of the best fine art in the world but also provocative images by amateur artists and Catholic devotees.
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City Galveston
Category Christianity
Location 1315 21st St., Galveston, TX
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