1st Edition

Reformation and the Visual Arts The Protestant Image Question in Western and Eastern Europe

By Sergiusz Michalski Copyright 1993
246 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Covering a vast geographical and chronological span, and bringing new and exciting material to light, The Reformation and the Visual Arts provides a unique overvie of religious images and iconoclasm, starting with the consequences of the Byzantine image controversy and ending with the Eastern Orthodox churches of the nineteenth century. The author argues that the image question played a large... Read more
Chapter 1 Martin Luther; Chapter 2 The Iconophobes; Chapter 3 Iconoclasm; Chapter 4 Icon and Pulpit; Chapter 5 Symbols and Commonplaces, or the Conceptual Background of the Dispute on Images;

Biography

Sergiusz Michalski