From queen to mother: motherhood as discursive construction in the seventeenth century neogranadine painting

Abstract

This article examines motherhood as a discursive construction, linking this construction with the neogranadine visual discourse of the seventeenth century. The image of “The Virgin with the Child”, within the post Tridentine context, stood as a place of origin of a discourse modeling the women behavior, giving specific roles in relation with their children. The tender, loving and protective mother with their children emerges in the visual discourse as a narrative truth that should be adopted by subjects in everyday behavior.

Keywords

• Motherhood
• Colonial Painting
• Church
• XVII Century
• Speech
• New Granada