COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Goler, Gustavo Victor (American santero, born 1963)
Creator note:
Gustavo Victor
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
1996
Title:
Sagrada Cruz
Title:
Sacred Cross
Title:
Cruz Vestida con el Sagrado Corazon
Title:
Clothed Cross with the Sacred Heart
Title:
Cruz Cubrita
Title:
Draped Cross
Title:
Clothed Cross
Title:
Santa Cruz
Title:
Holy Cross
Description:
Black and red cross with decorative flourishes at top and sides. A sacred heart is at the intersection, and the cloth used in lowering the body of Christ from the cross is draped across both arms.
Note Fr. Steele:
"His major awards: Spanish Heritage, 199; Best of Show, 1992; Best Bulto, 1993; Alan Vedder Award, 1993; E. Boyd Memorial, 1995."|"The cloth is that with which the dead body of Jesucristo was lowered to the ground; the patterns of fives and threes are noteworthy--for the five wounds and the three nails."|"Article on Goler in Tradicion Revista, 1/3 p.43."
Inscription:
on back: La Sagrada Cruz / Gustavo Victor Goler / Talpa 96
Location name:
Talpa
Location name:
New Mexico
Location name:
Taos (county)
Materials display:
homemade watercolor paint on hand-adzed pine
Material name:
watercolor (paint)
Material name:
pine (wood)
Source name:
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Subject term:
Holy Cross
Subject term:
Sacred Heart
Work type:
bultos
Work type:
sculpture (visual works)
Exhibition note:
Morrison, CO: The Fort, Tesoro Foundation Spanish Market, Sept 2006 & 2007; Aurora, CO: Aurora History Museum, May-Aug 2009.
Acquisition note:
1996. "Commissioned (really, Victor asked so modest a price that this out to be considered a gift).
Accession number:
RU0277
Measurements display:
55 x 31.8 x 14.5 cm
Santo Subject:
La Santa Cruz (The Holy Cross)
Santo Subject Type:
Divine Subjects
Feast Day:
Good Friday
Note:
The cross shown without the body of Christ. It is often decorated with designs made of straw. Presumably the cross would have the same patronage as the crucifix.
Santo Subject:
El Sagrado Corazón (The Sacred Heart)
Santo Subject Type:
Divine Subjects
Feast Day:
Friday after the third Sunday after Pentecost
Patronage:
Patronage: Forgiveness of sins; all petitions; protection of family and home; heath; against avarice, jealousy, and hatred
Note:
The medieval devotion to the five wounds spun off a devotion to the spear-wounded heart of Christ as the object or medium of mystical union. The better-known later devotion, promoted particularly by the Jesuits after it originated in 17th-century France, emphasized reparation. The heart is often shown by itself, often encircled by a wreath of thorns, usually with a cross above it. It is occasionally shown at the center of the chest of Christ, who may have a triangular halo.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED