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Temperamentvm
versión On-line ISSN 1699-6011
Resumen
GONZALEZ SILVA, Oliva y AMEZCUA, Manuel. Art and society in the face of an apocalyptic catastrophe: the painting of the plague of 1649 in Seville. Temperamentvm [online]. 2020, vol.16, e13207. Epub 06-Jun-2022. ISSN 1699-6011.
Objective:
to analyze social behavior in the face of the bubonic plague epidemic in Seville in the 17th century through the study of an anonymous painting of the time.
Methodology:
Iconographic and iconological analysis under the inspiration of Panofsky, in combination with narrative sources of the time.
Results:
The painting shows a thematic progression in blocks of scenes that represent from the everyday to the disturbing to end in the tragic. With two symbolic planes: a hospital as a witness and a square as a center of representation of the daily life of the epidemic.
Conclusion:
the work is conceived with a clear evangelizing intention, showing an apocalyptic environment so that the faithful become aware of their vulnerability and the danger of a life apart from Christian values.
Palabras clave : Plague; Baroque art; Popular religiosity; Social history; History of mentalities; Iconography.