David H Price

Gebundenes Buch

In the Beginning Was the Image

Art and the Reformation Bible

Beschreibung

A visual transformation of the Bible took place in the Renaissance and Reformation. Initially, this occurred as a result of technological advances, for the printing press proliferated biblical texts and images on a previously unimaginable scale. Equally important, Reformation theology, though also a threat to art, served as a catalyst for the creation of innovative biblical iconography. In the Beginning Was the Image demonstrates the pivotal role that the defining artists of the Northern Renaissance--Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach, and Hans Holbein--played in the reformation of the Bible and the biblical transformation of Protestant art.

Autor

David H. Price is Professor of Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, History, and Art History at Vanderbilt University, where he specializes in early modern European history. He has written extensively on a broad range of topics, including Renaissance visual art, early modern literature, the Bible in the Reformation era, Christian-Jewish relations, and the history of books and printing. He is also the author of Johannes Reuchlin and the Campaign to Destroy Jewish Books.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 168mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 912g
• ISBN-13: 9780190074401
• ISBN-10: 019007440X
• Artikelnr.: 60598203