Martin Luther and the arts : music, images and drama to promote the Reformation / Andreas Loewe and Katherine Firth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loewe, Andreas, author.

Firth, Katherine, author.

Series:

Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ; v. 236.

Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ; 236

Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2023

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts.

Reformation and art.

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546--Knowledge and learning.

Luther, Martin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2023]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Martin Luther was the architect and engineer of the Protestant Reformation, which transformed Germany five hundred years ago. In Martin Luther and the Arts , Andreas Loewe and Katherine Firth elucidate Luther’s theory and practice, demonstrating the breadth, flexibility and rigour of Luther’s use of the arts to reach audiences and convince them of his Reformation message using a range of strategies, including music, images and drama alongside sermons, polemical tracts, and his new translation of the Bible into German. Extensively based on German and English sources, including often neglected aspects of Luther’s own writings, Loewe and Firth offer a valuable survey for theologians, historians, art historians, musicologists and literary studies scholars interested in interdisciplinary comparisons of Luther’s work across the arts.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Copyright page / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Dedication / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Acknowledgements / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Figures and Tables / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Abbreviations / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Introduction / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Chapter 1 Luther’s Theory of Music / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Chapter 2 Hymns and Sacred Songs / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Chapter 3 Martin Luther’s ‘Mighty Fortress’ / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Chapter 4 Martin Luther on Images / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Chapter 5 Teaching the Reformation to Read Images of Hate / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Chapter 6 Luther and Drama / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Conclusion / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Appendix 1 Luther’s Prefaces to the ‘Symphoniae Iucundae’ / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth, Katherine Firth

Appendix 2 Comparing ‘Law and Grace’ (1529–1550) / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Bibliography / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth

Index / Andreas Loewe, Katherine Firth.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Loewe, Andreas Martin Luther and the Arts

ISBN:

9789004527430

9004527435

OCLC:

1351750566

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004527430 DOI