Flower of Mount Carmel. Iconography and Symbolical Meaning of “Carmen” Church in Antequera (I)

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  • María José Carmona Mato Universidad de Málaga Spain

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https://doi.org/10.24310/BoLArte.2008.v0i29.4426

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The Church of Our Holy Mother of “El Carmen” in Antequera (town located in the province of Málaga, Spain) was built between XVI-XVIII centuries. The temple is considered one of the greatest examples of the Baroque Art in Andalusia. Their architecture and altarpieces are a praising of the Carmelite Order through magnificent Carmelite figures, saints who integrate in the mistic sky surrounding the Virgin of “El Carmen”. Our article studies, divided in two parts, this interesting iconographical cycle.

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2018-03-20

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Carmona Mato, M. J. (2018). Flower of Mount Carmel. Iconography and Symbolical Meaning of “Carmen” Church in Antequera (I). Boletín De Arte, (29), 135–157. https://doi.org/10.24310/BoLArte.2008.v0i29.4426

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