Seeing faith, printing pictures [electronic resource] : religious identity during the English Reformation / by David J. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, David J. (David Jonathan)

Series:

Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 19.

Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; v. 25. The handpress world ; v. 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation and art--England.

Reformation and art.

Christian literature, English--Illustrations.

Christian literature, English.

Illustration of books--England.

Illustration of books.

Identification (Religion).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scholarship on religious printed images during the English Reformation (1535-1603) has generally focused on a few illustrated works and has portrayed this period in England as a predominantly non-visual religious culture. The combination of iconoclasm and Calvinist doctrine have led to a misunderstanding as to the unique ways that English Protestants used religious printed images. Building on recent work in the history of the book and print studies, this book analyzes the widespread body of religious illustration, such as images of God the Father and Christ, in Reformation England, assessing what religious beliefs they communicated and how their use evolved during the period. The result is a unique analysis of how the Reformation in England both destroyed certain aspects of traditional imagery as well as embraced and reformulated others into expressions of its own character and identity.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: Images and Early Modern Religious Identity

Material Religion: The Image in Early Modern Print

Printed Images and the Reformation in England

Christ, the Virgin, and the Catholic Tradition of Printed Images

Representations of Christ: Reforming the Imitatio Christi

Seeing God: Protestant Visions of the Father

Reforming Deity: Symbolic Pictures of God

Conclusion

Appendix

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-299-18466-9

90-04-23602-3

OCLC:

828520592

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004236028 DOI