Art and dis-illusion in the long sixteenth century

"While entire libraries discuss the religious and political history of the sixteenth century in Northern Europe, focused on the Reformation and the rise of nation-states, Larry Silver uniquely traces the dramatic, even traumatic changes of the Reformation era through visual culture, paintings a...

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Published in:Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history
Main Author: Silver, Larry 1947- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2023]
In: Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history (volume 66)
Series/Journal:Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history volume 66
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Europe / Art / Reformation / History 1501-1600
B Bosch, Hieronymus 1450-1516 / Dürer, Albrecht 1427-1502 / Bruegel, Pieter, de Oudere 1525-1569
Further subjects:B Reformation and art
B Art and society (Europe, Northern) History 16th century
B Art, European (Europe, Northern) 16th century Themes, motives
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Summary:"While entire libraries discuss the religious and political history of the sixteenth century in Northern Europe, focused on the Reformation and the rise of nation-states, Larry Silver uniquely traces the dramatic, even traumatic changes of the Reformation era through visual culture, paintings as well as the new medium of prints. Among featured shifts are the destruction of church images, witchcraft, reactions to new voyages of exploration, and issues of vision itself in an age of increasing re-examination of morality as well as sin and death"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 356-390
ISBN:900450429X