Michelangelo and the English martyrs
By: Anne Dillon
Series: Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780754664475
Subjects: In art; Catholics; Christian art and symbolism; Influence; Carthusians; Broadsides; Counter-Reformation; Christian martyrs in art; History
Description: This work uses a broadsheet print of the martyrdom of the Carthusians of the London Charterhouse during the reign on Henry VIII, as a springboard to investigate several aspects of the Counter-Reformation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cardinals and a pope; title: The martyrdom of the English Carthusian fathers; title: The broadsheet images; title: Reginald Pole and the broadsheet; title: Michelangelo and the Cappella Paolina: the final frescoes; title: Ecclesia viterbiensis; title: Reginald Pole and the Cappella Paolina frescoes; title: Michelangelo in the broadsheet images; title: Postcards of Rome; title: English martyrs in a Roman landscape; title: Prints, cartoons and drawings; title: Anatomists and artists; title: The cardinal and his physician; title: Figures in a frontispiece; title: Anatomical research and the Archconfraternity of San Giovanni Decollato; title: The case of Michael Servetus and pulmonary circulation; title: The artist; title: The recipient; title: Coda.