Art and Dis-Illusion in the Long Sixteenth Century (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004504295)

Whereas entire libraries discuss the religious and political history of the sixteenth century in Northern Europe, focused on the Reformation and the rise of nation-states, Larry Silver uniquely traces the dramatic, even traumatic changes of the Reformation era discernible in the visual arts, especially paintings and the new medium of prints. Among the subjects and themes he explores are the destruction of church images, witchcraft, reactions to new voyages of exploration, and issues of vision itself in an age when moral codes and the nature of sin and death were being re-examined.

Author: Larry Silver
ISBN-10: 900450429X
ISBN-13: 9789004504295
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 06/26/2023
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.15lbs
Size: 9.84h x 6.93w x 0.94d