Art and religion in Eighteenth-century Europe / Nigel Aston.
Eighteenth-century Europe witnessed monumental upheavals in both the Catholic and Protestant faiths and the repercussions rippled down to the churches' religious art forms. Nigel Aston now chronicles here the intertwining of cultural and institutional turmoil during this pivotal century. The su...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Reaktion Books,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Art & Architecture Complete |
| Summary: | Eighteenth-century Europe witnessed monumental upheavals in both the Catholic and Protestant faiths and the repercussions rippled down to the churches' religious art forms. Nigel Aston now chronicles here the intertwining of cultural and institutional turmoil during this pivotal century. The sustained popularity of religious art in the face of competition from increasingly prevalent secular artworks lies at the heart of this study. Religious art staked out new spaces of display in state institutions, palaces, and private collections, the book shows, as well as taking advantage of pa. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations (some colour) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1282934813 1861898452 9781282934818 9781861898456 |