tHE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ARTISTIC PROGRAMS OF THE CONFRATERNITIES MARIAN: THE EXAMPLE OF PATRONESS OF PUENTE GENIL

Abstract

This paper assesses the contribution of Marian confraternities and significance of their artistics programs. It has been taken as an example the confraternities of Our Lady of the Rosary and Our Lady of the Conception of Puente Genil (Córdoba). The first was the old patroness of the town, while the second it was after the plague of 1650. This story resulted in the production of works of art, including altarpieces and regalia of silverware, culminating in the construction of the church of the patron saint in the second half of the eighteenth century, as authentic devotional monument of the town.