The Cranach Workshop and the Prophets of Baal: The Jewish Foil of Early Lutheran Community Building
The single panel Elijah and the Prophets of Baal, finished in 1545 by the Cranach workshop led by Lucas Cranach the Younger, resonates unpleasantly with the anti-Semitism of the early Lutheran community. This article connects the panel's allegory of community building, its installation in the f...
| Published in: | The sixteenth century journal |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
[2018]
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| In: |
The sixteenth century journal
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Cranach, Lucas, der Ältere 1472-1553
/ Cranach, Lucas, der Jüngere 1515-1586
/ Workshop
/ Elija
/ Jews
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CE Christian art KBB German language area KDD Protestant Church |
| Further subjects: | B
ELIJAH (Biblical prophet)
B CHRISTIANITY & art Lutheran Church B Baal (Canaanite deity) B Cranach, Lucas, 1515-1586 B Antisemitism B History B Antisemitism in art B Germany B Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 |
| Summary: | The single panel Elijah and the Prophets of Baal, finished in 1545 by the Cranach workshop led by Lucas Cranach the Younger, resonates unpleasantly with the anti-Semitism of the early Lutheran community. This article connects the panel's allegory of community building, its installation in the first Lutheran-designated chapel in Torgau, and Martin Luther's anti-Semitic sermon consecrating the chapel. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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