Author: Taggard, Mindy Nancarrow
Title: Murillo's Allegories of Salvation and Triumph: 'The Parable of the Prodigal Son' and 'The Life of Jacob'
Description: Columbia [Missouri], University of Missouri Press, (1992). orig.boards. 23x15cm, x, 153 pp. Textual illustrations. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: 'The Parable of the Prodigal Son': Precedents, Patron, & Allegory; Creation: Wayward Souls & Positive Counterexamples; The Fall of the Prodigal Son; Desengano, Repentance, & Absolution; 'The Life of Jacob':Visual Sources, Patron, & Allegory; Jacob as a Figure for the Redeemer; An Allegory of the Faith: Christ & the Church Victorious over Heresy; The Patron's Triumph; Epilogue: The Eclipse of a City.

Keywords: Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spanish Baroque, Allegory Narrative, Allegorical, Painting Paintings, Art History, Criticism, Counter-Reformation, Painted Narratives