The Idol in the Age of Art: Objects, Devotions and the Early Modern World

The Idol in the Age of Art: Objects, Devotions and the Early Modern World
ISBN-10
0754652904
ISBN-13
9780754652908
Category
History
Pages
392
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Authors
Rebecca Zorach, Michael Wayne Cole

Description

Conflicting attitudes towards devotional art was a major factor in the confessional divisions that split Reformation Europe. By presenting essays concerned with both European subjects and European perceptions of other cultures, The Idol in the Age of Art contributes to ongoing attempts to globalize the study of European art. Approaching the Reformation idol as an essentially international problem, and placing particular emphasis on cultural encounters, it provides fresh perspectives on the very nature of Renaissance art, and underscores how colonial issues came to be often framed in terms of European religious conflicts.

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