Exploring the Spanish Colonial art of Gaspar Miguel de Berrío

As part of the Worcester Art Museum's 2017 exhibit Highest Heaven, exploring the cultural and religious world of the Spanish Colonial possessions of the Altiplano (high plains) of South America, WAM hosts a scholarly discussion on Gaspar Miguel de Berrío's painting, 'Our Lady of Mount Carmel with Bishop Saints'.

Rather than group works by media as an introduction to the world of Spanish Colonial art, the exhibition returns the objects' original context as, literally and symbolically, articles of faith. It focuses on the didactic aspects of the collection, especially as they relate to the life of Christ, the Christian religious orders, and the cult of the saints. It explores ways in which such religious art was used in the propagation of Catholic beliefs by use of visual art to illustrate biblical moments in the life of Christ—from the Annunciation and birth to the Crucifixion and Resurrection. Furthermore, it examines visual representations of saints, exemplar proponents of the Christian life. Finally, Highest Heaven will focus on religious orders that provided organizational and philosophical underpinnings for the propagation of the faith.

Speaker Michael Schreffler studies the art and architecture of Spain and Latin America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries at Notre Dame.

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