The visual theology of the Huguenots : towards an architectural iconology of early modern French Protestantism, 1535 to 1623 / Randal Carter Working.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Working, Randal, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformed Church--France--History--16th century.

Reformed Church.

Architecture, Medieval.

Architecture and society.

History.

France--Church history--16th century.

France.

Church history.

Christianity and art--Reformed Church.

Christianity and art.

Architecture and society--France--History--16th century.

Architecture, Medieval--France.

Physical Description:

vi, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, an imprint of Wipf & Stock Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

The role of architecture within the French Reformed tradition has been of recent scholarly interest, seen in the work of Hélène Guicharnaud, Catharine Randall, Andrew Spicer, and others. Few, however, have explored in depth the relationship between Reformed theology and architectural forms. This thesis explores the roots of Reformed aesthetics, set against the background of late medieval church architecture. The work of Serlio is demonstrably important in the spreading of the ideas of Vitruvius, indicating the influence of classical Roman building on French Reformed architecture. There follows an examination of five important Huguenot architects: Philibert de I'Orme, Bernard Palissy, Jacques-Androuet du Cerceau, Salomon de Brosse, and Jacques Perret. We then undergo a comparative examination of three churches: St. Pierre in Geneva, a medieval church overhauled by the Reformers; St. Gervais-St. Protais, a Parisian Catholic church whose façade was completed by the French Reformed architect Salomon de Brosse; and the temple at Charenton, a structure also designed and built by de Brosse. These three buildings reveal the contribution of Huguenot architecture, a distinct language that gave expression to Reformed theological ideas and helped bring about the renewal of classicism in France. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Conflicting Aesthetics

Meaning of Space

Some Formative Voices

Intentionality in Architectural Expression

Part 1

Chapter 2 Iconology-Outline of a Working Methodology 31

Architecture as a Visual Medium

Word-oriented and Form-oriented Church Space

The Classic Sacramental Tradition: Origins of Spatial Arrangements in Catholic Churches

The Classic Evangelical Tradition

Developments in the Classic Evangelical Tradition

Other Contributors to the Classic Evangelical Tradition

Protestant Church Building in France and the Classic Evangelical Tradition

Chapter 3 A Catholic Conception of Space: The Visual World of the Middle Ages 53

A Catholic Way of Seeing

Processions and Relics in the Medieval City

The Catholic Use of Symbols

Memory Devices and Conceptual Space

Chapter 4 A Reformed Conception of Space: An Analysis of Spatial Sanctity in Swiss and French Reformed Churches 63

Calvin's Perspective

The Later Evolution of Calvin's Influence in France

The Communion as Sacred Space

Reformed Use of Space: Are Cemeteries Sacred?

How Did Reformed Christians Understand the Holy?

Huguenots and the Shaping of Worship Space

A Holy Place, Or a Holy People?

Part 2

Chapter 6 Vitruvius, Serlio, and the Sixteenth-Century Architectural Treatise 107

Proliferation of the Architectural Treatise

Vitruvian Prototype for the Architectural Manual

Reviving Classical Antiquity

Serlio's Appropriation of Vitruvius

Chapter 6 Protestant Architects' Use of Vitruvian Ideas 124

Philibert de I'Orme

Bernard Palissy

Jacques-Androuet du Cerceau

Salomon De Brosse

Jacques Perret

Chapter 7 The Shaping of Reformed Worship Space 155

St. Pierre

The Church of St. Gervais-St. Protais, Paris (1620)

The Second Temple of Charenton (1623)

Chapter 8 A Distinctively Reformed Voice 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781498228497

1498228496

OCLC:

944464340

Publisher Number:

99967841692