La mirada privilegiada: esoterismo y misticismo en la pintura novohispana
Estudios February 18, 2026 Isabel González García
This article analyzes a mystical-themed painting produced in eighteenth-century Puebla by considering the possibility of characterizing its context of production as an esoteric field. The theoretical framework is grounded in the criteria of Western esotericism proposed by Antoine Faivre, in dialogue with William James’s notion of mystical experience and with Victor Stoichita’s studies on...
DOI: 10.15517/2xjare86 (opens in new tab)
Mysticism
Painting
Context archaeology
The symbolic
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