| Description |
1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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data file rda |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The Reformation and Counter-Reformation inheritance, c. 1520-1700 -- Art and the religious culture of Europe -- The state and religious art -- The churches and religious art -- Religious art in public spaces outside the churches -- Elite private patrons and religious art -- Religious buildings and their contents -- Funerary art and religious life -- Popular religious art in Europe -- Religious art and the influence of the market -- Revolution and religious art -- Conclusion. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost Art and Architecture Complete |
| Subject |
Christian art and symbolism -- Europe -- Modern period, 1500-
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Art and religion -- Europe -- History -- 18th century.
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ART -- Subjects & Themes -- General.
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Art and religion. (OCoLC)fst00815425
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Christian art and symbolism -- Modern period.
(OCoLC)fst01710940
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
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Christliche Kunst.
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Europa.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1700-1800
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Since 1500
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Aston, Nigel. Art and religion in Eighteenth-century Europe. London : Reaktion, ©2009 9781861893772 (OCoLC)179836796 |
| ISBN |
9781861898456 (electronic book) |
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1861898452 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
9781861898456 |
| ISBN |
9781861893772 |
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1861893779 |
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