Images and relics
Subtitle: theological perceptions and visual images in sixteenth-century Europe
By: John Dillenberger.
Series: Oxford studies in historical theology
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Reformation in art.; Art, Renaissance.; Artists -- Europe -- Psychology.; Reformation -- Europe.
Description: John Dillenberger has written the first comprehensive account of the relation between the visual arts and theological currents in Europe during the first half of the sixteenth century. With an astute knowledge of the theology of the period and a keen interest in the lives and work of prominent artists, Dillenberger makes incisive connections that illuminate the cultural movements of the time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-230) and index.