Transnational Circulation of Devotional Objects through Religious Orders: between the Iberian World and Rome

As the epicenter of the Catholic world, Rome occupied a powerful place in the imaginary of the Early Modern Age on a global scale. In turn, Rome was also recipient of ideas, people, and objects. Although these are commonplaces in the historiography, this workshop aims to analyze a specific kind of circulation within this context that has been less explored. It will focus on the religious agents who connected Rome materially with the Iberian world through the acquisition and distribution of a wide range of “travelling objects”, most by nature physically “small” which have failed to draw the attention of traditional art history.

As the epicenter of the Catholic world, Rome occupied a powerful place in the imaginary of the Early Modern Age on a global scale. In turn, Rome was also recipient of ideas, people, and objects. Although these are commonplaces in the historiography, this workshop aims to analyze a specific kind of circulation within this context that has been less explored. It will focus on the religious agents who connected Rome materially with the Iberian world through the acquisition and distribution of a wide range of “travelling objects”, most by nature physically “small” which have failed to draw the attention of traditional art history.

Please follow the workshop also online on our Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/event/4779475

Scientific Organization:
Luisa Elena Alcalá, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Margarita Vázquez Manassero, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Tristan Weddigen, Bibliotheca Hertziana-Max Planck Institute for Art History
Elena Amerio, Bibliotheca Hertziana-Max Planck Institute for Art History / UAM