Images and relics : theological perceptions and visual images in sixteenth-century Europe / John Dillenberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dillenberger, John, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in historical theology.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in historical theology

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation in art.

Art, Renaissance.

Artists--Europe--Psychology.

Artists.

Reformation--Europe.

Reformation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 248 pages) illustrations. ;

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text explores the extent to which artists of 16th-century Europe were influenced by ideas of religious reform. The author argues that these artists' productions provide a map of the evolution and influence of major theological currents.

Contents:

pt. I. Cultural and Theological Settings. 1. Setting the Stage for the Image Question

pt. II. Artists and Images. 2. Matthias Grunewald: Extending the Medieval World. 3. Albrecht Durer: Renaissance Humanist Reform. 4. Lucas Cranach the Elder: A Reformation Artist. 5. Michelangelo Buonarroti: Catholic Reformation Piety. 6. Three Artists with Distinctive Accents

pt. III. Iconoclasm and Beyond. 7. The Rejection and Repositioning of Visual Images. Conclusion: Thoughts in the Wake of the Reformation.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-230) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773957-1

0-19-976146-9

0-585-27047-3

OCLC:

1406787562