| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-248) and index. |
| Contents |
Obstacles and opportunities -- Sensuous worship, or a practical means to a spiritual end -- A militant paradigm: St. Michael's in Munich (1583-1597) -- St. Michael's and the worshipper: ways to read a church -- The physical church: past and present in Jesuit architecture -- The spiritual edifice -- A joyous glimpse of heaven: Mariä Himmelfahrt in Cologne -- The Jesuits and their artists. |
| Summary |
"When the Jesuits entered Germany in the 1540s, the Protestant Reformation was on the verge of obliterating a Catholic Church already in tatters. Yet the seemingly imminent collapse never happened, and Catholicism recovered dramatically. This extensively illustrated book explores a key reason why German Catholicism survived and flourished. It provides the first comprehensive treatment of the Jesuits' poorly understood but remarkable revitalization of German religious art and culture - an accomplishment that would guide the direction of both religious life and subsequent German Baroque art."--Cover. |
| Subject |
Jesuit art -- Germany.
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Jesuit architecture -- Germany.
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Counter-Reformation in art.
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| Add Title |
Jesuits and the art of the early Catholic Reformation in Germany |
| ISBN |
0691090726 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780691090726 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Description |
ix, 261 p. : ill., map ; 29 cm. |
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