Title: St. Jacob's Antwerp Art and Counter Reformation in Rubens's Parish Church
Description: St. Jacob's is the only church to survive intact from Antwerp's Counter Reformation (1585-1794). Jeffrey Muller wreathes together the testimony of masterpieces and archives in Rubens's parish church to reconstruct art's integral role in religion and the transformation of society.
Subjects: Christian art and symbolism, Art and society, Counter-reformation, Belgium, history, Counter-Reformation and art, Modern period, Sint-Jacobskerk (Antwerp, Belgium)