tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post669464014916161826..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Angels from Colonial Latin AmericaJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-24621428962753043612022-12-25T17:07:40.583-05:002022-12-25T17:07:40.583-05:00Everybody just thinks the ones with guns are cool,...Everybody just thinks the ones with guns are cool, so there are lots of pictures online; there used to be a Tumblr called "Angels with Arquebuses."<br /><br />I don't know about the loops. Mary and I were just trying to find out, and we did find a suggestion that they might be symbols of the Passion, but we were not connvinced.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-43188191842778305192022-12-25T16:26:09.038-05:002022-12-25T16:26:09.038-05:00The iconography in this images is fascinating: th...The iconography in this images is fascinating: the strange half-shoes on the first and second-to-last ones; the repeated firearms; the long loops or tapes on the right-hand sides (from the depicted figure's point of view) of the second, fourth, and last ones (is it significant that these are also three out of the four matchlock-bearers?).<br /><br />As you say, the whole tradition shows clear European influence, and yet much of it is new, local, and original.<br /><br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456987412710878404noreply@blogger.com