Confraternities in the Convents of the Poor Clares in Carniola
Their Artistic and Spiritual Heritage
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https://doi.org/10.3986/ahas.25.1.02Keywords:
Poor Clares, confraternities, Baroque art, iconography, the Sacred Heart, the Heart of Mary, Franz Carl Remp, Franc Jelovšek, Leopold Layer, CarniolaAbstract
The paper discusses early modern confraternities active in the convents of the Poor Clares in Carniola until their abol- ishment by Joseph II, which hitherto have been researched in expert literature particularly from a historical point of view. The Poor Clares in Carniola used confraternities in Ljubljana and Mekinje to encourage the veneration of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, while the confraternities in Škofja Loka promoted the already rooted devotions to the Immaculate Conception, St Joseph (the Holy Family), and the Name of Jesus. Due to the fate of individual con- vents after their dissolution in 1782, the artistic heritage of the Poor Clares’confraternities is modest and its quality does not stand out. Nevertheless, it conveys a special spir- itual message and an interesting iconography with a rich symbolism of the heart. Owing to the nature of the surviving material, the paper opens several new themes.
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