Images and relics : theological perceptions and visual images in sixteenth-century Europe

Author:John Dillenberger

Summary:John Dillenberger has written the first comprehensive account of the relation between the visual arts and theological currents in Europe during the first half of the sixteenth century. With an astute knowledge of the theology of the period and a keen interest in the lives and work of prominent artists, Dillenberger makes incisive connections that illuminate the cultural movements of the time. Images and Relics considers both popular and professional art within distinct religious contexts. It examines the works of Matthias Grunewald, Albrecht Durer, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Michelangelo, Hans Holbein the Younger, Hans Baldung Grien, and Albrecht Altdorfer, and demonstrates how these artists expressed and transformed the reigning theological ideas of their day. The book also addresses the range of iconoclastic movements from the 1520s to the 1570s, particularly in northern Europe. Finally, Dillenberger reflects on the ambiguity of the history of this period and its continuing impact on modern-day life [Publisher description]

Print Book, English, 1999

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, 1999

Series:

Oxford studies in historical theology

Physical Description:xii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9780195121728, 9780585270470, 0195121724, 0585270473

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:38898069

Contents:

PART I. CULTURAL AND THEOLOGICAL SETTINGS

(22)

1 Setting the Stage for the Image Question

(22)

The Chronology of Reform

(8)

Iconoclasm, Images, and Relics

(2)

The Role of Popular Culture

(10)

PART II. ARTISTS AND IMAGES

(148)

2 Matthias Grunewald: Extending the Medieval World

(28)

Orientation to the Person and His Work

(2)

The Isenheim Altarpiece

(5)

The Medieval Background

(4)