Reformation and the Visual Arts: The Protestant Image Question in Western and Eastern Europe

by Sergi Michalski and Sergiusz Michalski

Book Overview

Covering a vast geographical and chronological span, and bringing new and exciting material to light, The Reformation and the Visual Arts provides a unique overvie of religious images and iconoclasm, starting with the consequences of the Byzantine image controversy and ending with the Eastern Orthodox churches of the nineteenth century. The author argues that the image question played a large role in the divisions within European Protestantism and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415065127
• ISBN13: 9780415065122
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"