Michael W. Cole and Rebecca E. Zorach
Ashgate
Hardback
250
Conflicting attitudes towards devotional art was a major factor in the confessional divisions that split Reformation Europe. Catholicism came to be increasingly associated with idolatrous practices by Protestant reformers who were in turn accused of 'spiritual idolatory' adoring false gods held secretly in their hearts. In this volume the notion of idols is approached from a broad interdisciplinary front that explores notions art and religion and shows how these perceptions were exported to the new worlds being opened up by European adventurers.By presenting essays concerned with both European subjects and European perceptions of other cultures 'Idols in the Age of Art' contributes to ongoing attempts to globalize the study of European art. Approaching the Reformation idol as an essentially international problem and placing particular emphasis on cultural encounters it provides fresh perspectives on the very nature of Renaissance art and underscores how colonial issues came to be often framed in terms of European religious conflicts.
Ashgate
Hardback
250
Conflicting attitudes towards devotional art was a major factor in the confessional divisions that split Reformation Europe. Catholicism came to be increasingly associated with idolatrous practices by Protestant reformers who were in turn accused of 'spiritual idolatory' adoring false gods held secretly in their hearts. In this volume the notion of idols is approached from a broad interdisciplinary front that explores notions art and religion and shows how these perceptions were exported to the new worlds being opened up by European adventurers.By presenting essays concerned with both European subjects and European perceptions of other cultures 'Idols in the Age of Art' contributes to ongoing attempts to globalize the study of European art. Approaching the Reformation idol as an essentially international problem and placing particular emphasis on cultural encounters it provides fresh perspectives on the very nature of Renaissance art and underscores how colonial issues came to be often framed in terms of European religious conflicts.