EL GRECO'S VISION OF THE VEIL OF VERONICA HANGS NEAR A GOLDEN CROWN WITH 447 EMERALDS. JUST A FEW STEPS AWAY, A RECUMBENT SCULPTURE OF THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST RESTS BEFORE ITS RETURN TO A SPANISH HERMITAGE IN TIME FOR HOLY WEEK. 'SACRED SPAIN: ART AND BELIEF IN THE SPANISH WORLD' AT THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART IS DRAWING VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE UNPRECEDENTED EXHIBITION OF 71 PIECES FROM 45 LENDERS, MANY OF THEM PRIVATE, IN SPAIN, MEXICO, PERU AND OTHER COUNTRIES. MADRID'S PRADO HAS LOANED FIVE WORKS ALONE. THE FREE EXHIBITION, WHICH CONTINUES THROUGH 3.JANUARY, HAS THRILLED EXPERTS AND OTHER VISITORS ALIKE. FIRST CONCEIVED MORE THAN A DECADE AGO AND MORE THAN THREE YEARS IN DEVELOPMENT, THE EXHIBIT WON'T TRAVEL BEYOND INDIANAPOLIS. MANY PIECES MUST RETURN HOME TO CONVENTS AND PARISHES IN TIME FOR LENTEN OBSERVATIONS TAT BEGIN 17.FEB.2010. OTHERS RARELY GO ON PUBLIC DISPLAY AT ALL. A PRIVATE COLLECTOR LOANED THE GOLDEN CROWN OF THE ANDES, ORIGINALLY CAST THREE TO FOUR CENTURIES AGO TO ADORN A STATUE OF THE VIRGIN MARY IN A COLOMBIAN CATHEDRAL. IT'S REPUTED TO BE THE OLDEST AND LARGEST COLLECTION OF EMERALDS IN THE WORLD. THE EXHIBITION DISPLAYS WORKS FROM ONE REGION NEXT TO ANOTHER. IN SOME CASES, THE WORK WAS CREATED IN EUROPE AND SENT TO GROW THE CHURCH IN THE NEW WORLD. IN OTHER CASES, LATIN AMERICAN ART TRAVELED TO SPAIN. THE STUNNING EXHIBITION IS BEING PRESENTED FREE OF CHARGE THROUGH A $1 MILLION GRANT FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS-BASED ALLEN WHITEHALL CLOWES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
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