Holy Week Sevilla Spain - Catholic Church Spanish Cathedral Semana Santa Easter

by See Listing, José Antonio Zamora

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First edition · Limited edition

Holy Week Sevilla Spain - Catholic Church Spanish Cathedral Semana Santa Easter Momentos: Semana Santa de Sevilla by José Antonio Zamora. A large-format photographic tribute to the Semana Santa of Seville, one of the most important religious, artistic, and cultural events in Spain and the Catholic world. Through dramatic full-color photography and reflective text, José Antonio Zamora captures the atmosphere, ritual, devotion, and visual splendor of Holy Week processions winding through the historic streets of Sevilla, Andalucía. Covers the history and traditions of the great Sevillian hermandades and cofradías from the medieval period through the modern era, including origins in the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. The book examines the ceremonial salida from parish churches and basilicas, the official Carrera Oficial route through the city center, the station at the Catedral de Sevilla, and the emotional nighttime return of the pasos through narrow streets illuminated by candles and incense. Richly illustrated with scenes of nazarenos, costaleros, pasos de misterio, Marian processional floats, silver candlesticks, embroidered mantles, penitents, saetas, marching bands, and sacred sculpture associated with the Passion of Christ. References the deep traditions surrounding famous Sevillian brotherhoods such as La Macarena, Esperanza de Triana, El Gran Poder, La Amargura, Los Gitanos, San Gonzalo, El Cachorro, La Paz, El Silencio, La Estrella, and countless other cofradías

• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9788476479032
• Condition: Good

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