Sensuous worship : Jesuits and the art of the early Catholic Reformation in Germany / Jeffrey Chipps Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Jeffrey Chipps, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesuit art--Germany.

Jesuit art.

Jesuit architecture--Germany.

Jesuit architecture.

Counter-Reformation in art.

Germany.

Physical Description:

ix, 261 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2002]

Summary:

"To the burgeoning literature on the Jesuits, Smith adds a powerful and well-considered case study that makes the reader aware that the revival of Catholicism in Germany was anything but inevitable. This is a timely, well-researched, and readable book."--Larry Silver, University of Pennsylvania

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and index.

ISBN:

0691090726

OCLC:

48434989

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