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- catalog abstract "This fascinating book, available for the first time in English, provides a unique overview of religious images and iconoclasm, starting with the consequences of the Byzantine image controversy and ending with the Orthodox churches of the nineteenth century. The author argues that not all Protestants espoused iconoclasm and that, in fact, the question of images played a large role in the ensuing divisions of European Protestantism. He also puts forward the thesis that the question of images in religious movements was intricately connected with the Eucharist controversy, that is Christ's real presence in the host. The positions of the major Protestant reformers - Luther, Zwingli, Calvin and Karlstadt - on the legitimacy of religious paintings are analysed and the author investigates iconoclasm both as a form of religious and political protest and as a complex set of mock-revolutionary rites and denigration rituals. Covering both Western and Eastern Europe, the book contains entirely original research on relations between Protestant iconoclasm and the extreme icon-worship of the Eastern Orthodox churches, as well as providing a brief discussion of Eastern protestantizing iconoclast sects, especially in Russia. Covering a vast geographical and chronological span, and bringing new and exciting material to light, the book reveals the peculiar mixture of theological fundamentalism and pragmatic public action which characterized the important question of images.".
- catalog alternative "Protestanci a sztuka. English".
- catalog contributor b4054736.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "1. Martin Luther: cultic abuse, religious art and Christian freedom -- 2. The iconophobes: Karlstadt, Zwingli and Calvin -- 3. Iconoclasm: rites of destruction -- 4. Icon and pulpit: the Eastern Churches and the Reformation -- 5. Symbols and commonplaces, or the conceptual background of the dispute on images -- Appendix: Protestant and Muslim aniconism: attempts at comparison.".
- catalog description "Covering a vast geographical and chronological span, and bringing new and exciting material to light, the book reveals the peculiar mixture of theological fundamentalism and pragmatic public action which characterized the important question of images.".
- catalog description "Covering both Western and Eastern Europe, the book contains entirely original research on relations between Protestant iconoclasm and the extreme icon-worship of the Eastern Orthodox churches, as well as providing a brief discussion of Eastern protestantizing iconoclast sects, especially in Russia.".
- catalog description "He also puts forward the thesis that the question of images in religious movements was intricately connected with the Eucharist controversy, that is Christ's real presence in the host. The positions of the major Protestant reformers - Luther, Zwingli, Calvin and Karlstadt - on the legitimacy of religious paintings are analysed and the author investigates iconoclasm both as a form of religious and political protest and as a complex set of mock-revolutionary rites and denigration rituals.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-225) and index.".
- catalog description "This fascinating book, available for the first time in English, provides a unique overview of religious images and iconoclasm, starting with the consequences of the Byzantine image controversy and ending with the Orthodox churches of the nineteenth century. The author argues that not all Protestants espoused iconoclasm and that, in fact, the question of images played a large role in the ensuing divisions of European Protestantism.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 232 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0415065127".
- catalog isPartOf "Christianity and society in the modern world".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "Translation of: Protestanci a sztuka.".
- catalog language "eng pol".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "704.9/482/0940903 20".
- catalog subject "Christian art and symbolism Modern period, 1500-".
- catalog subject "Image (Theology)".
- catalog subject "N7862 .M5313 1993".
- catalog subject "Reformation and art.".
- catalog subject "Reformation in art.".
- catalog subject "Visual arts Special subjects Christianity".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Martin Luther: cultic abuse, religious art and Christian freedom -- 2. The iconophobes: Karlstadt, Zwingli and Calvin -- 3. Iconoclasm: rites of destruction -- 4. Icon and pulpit: the Eastern Churches and the Reformation -- 5. Symbols and commonplaces, or the conceptual background of the dispute on images -- Appendix: Protestant and Muslim aniconism: attempts at comparison.".
- catalog title "Protestanci a sztuka. English".
- catalog title "The Reformation and the visual arts : the Protestant image question in Western and Eastern Europe / Sergiusz Michalski.".
- catalog type "text".