The Sacred Made Real

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The Sacred Made Real is an influential exhibition and accompanying catalogue that explored the intense realism and emotional power of Spanish religious sculpture and painting from the 17th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art exhibition
exhibition catalogue
aimsTo explore emotional power of sculpture and painting
highlight intense realism in Spanish religious art
artMovementDiscussed Spanish Baroque NERFINISHED
artPeriodCovered 17th century
Baroque NERFINISHED
countryOfFocus Spain NERFINISHED
focusesOn 17th-century Spanish art
Baroque art
emotional expression in art
polychrome sculpture
realism in religious art
religious imagery
genre art history
exhibition catalogue
hasFormat illustrated catalogue
museum exhibition
hasImpactOn public awareness of Spanish religious art
scholarship on Spanish Baroque sculpture
hasTheme Counter-Reformation art
naturalism in sculpture
relationship between painting and sculpture
religious devotion
saints and martyrs
suffering of Christ NERFINISHED
intendedAudience art historians
museum visitors
students of art history
language English
mainSubject Catholic art
Spanish religious painting
Spanish religious sculpture
mediumDiscussed oil painting
polychromed wood
religiousContext Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED
timePeriodCovered 17th century Spain
early modern period
title The Sacred Made Real NERFINISHED
typeOfWorkDiscussed altarpiece sculpture
devotional images
processional sculptures

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Neil MacGregor notableWork The Sacred Made Real