Egron Lundgren, La Semana Santa, Spanien
Klubbat för:
Osåld
Estimate
15 000-20 000 SEK
Description
EGRON LUNDGREN
1815-1875
La Semana Santa, Spanien
Bläck, blyerts, lavering och täckvitt på papper, 20 x 27 cm.
Utförd under konstnärens vistelse i Spanien 1849-1853
Holy Week in Spain is the annual tribute of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods (Spanish: cofradía) and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter. The processions incorporates different scenes from the Passion of Christ. Every brotherhood carries magnificent "Pasos" or floats with sculptures that depict different scenes from the gospels related to the Passion of Christ or the Sorrows of Virgin Mary. Brotherhoods have owned and preserved these "Pasos" for centuries in some cases. Usually, the "Pasos" are accompanied by Marching bands performing "Marchas procesionales" a specific type of compositions, devoted to the images and fraternities. Since the Holy Week coincides with Palm Sunday, the feast also commemorates Jesus´s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. In many Catholic, Episcopal denominations worship services on Palm Sunday include a procession of the faithful carrying palms, representing the palm branches the crowd scattered in front of Jesus as he rode into Jerusalem.
The celebration of Holy Week regarding popular piety relies almost exclusively on the processions of the brotherhoods or fraternities. These associations have their origins in the Middle Age, but a number of them were created during the Baroque Period. The membership is usually open to any Catholic person and family tradition is an important element to become a member or "brother" (hermano). Historically, the flagellants are the origin of the current traditions, as they flogged themselves to do penance. Pope Clement VI ordered that flagellants could perform penance only under control of the church, he decreed Inter sollicitudines ("inner concerns"). This is considered one of the reasons why flagellants often hid their faces.
A common feature in Spain is the almost general usage of the nazareno or penitential robe for some of the participants in the processions. This garment consists of a tunic, a hood with conical tip (capirote or coroza) used to conceal the face of the wearer, and sometimes a cloak. The use of the capirote or coroza was prescribed in Spain and Portugal by the holy office of inquisition. Men and women who were arrested also had to wear a paper capirote in public as sign of public humiliation. The colour was different, conforming to the judgement of the office. People who were condemned to be executed wore a red coroza. Other punishments used different colours. When the Inquisition was abolished, the symbol of punishment and penitence was kept in the Catholic brotherhood. The exact colors and forms of the robes depend on the particular procession. The robes were widely used in the medieval period for penitents, who could demonstrate their penance while still masking their identity. and was part of the uniform of some brotherhoods including the Nazarenos and Fariseos during Easter observances and reenactments in some areas during Holy Week in Spain.
Auktionsnummer:
274
Date:
2018-12-05