Painting the sacred in the age of romanticism
By: Cordula A. Grewe.
Series: Histories of vision
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Surrey, UK; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754606451
Subjects: Christian art and symbolism -- Europe -- Modern period, 1500-; Romanticism in art -- Europe; Painting, European -- 19th century
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Ch. 1. The great code of art : religious revival and the rebirth of pictorial meaning; title: Ch. 2. Sulamith and Maria : erotic mariology and the cult of friendship; title: Ch. 3. Pietas und vanitas : gender, moralization, and allegory; title: Ch. 4. The seven sacraments : romantic subjectivity and Catholic dogma; title: Ch. 5. The Bible in pictures : history lessons and popular culture; title: Ch. 6. A family tree of German art : avant-garde, anti-Judaism and artistic identity; title: Conclusion.