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viii, 149 pages : 24 cm "Recent years have seen an interest in German visual imagery of the sixteenth century studied in relation to its social, religious, and political context. This book shows how the German territorial rulers used visual imagery to further their personal causes and beliefs. The illustrations of the book are placed so they add to the argument being made by the author. Some of the most famous print makers of the sixteenth century such as Durer and Burgkmaier were employed by protestant princes to advance the protestant cause."--Googlebooks Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-144) and index Princes and propaganda : Why Saxony? [Germany] -- From image to word : Ernestine Art under Frederick and John -- traditional imagery ; The beginnings of a Reformed Iconography -- Retrospective Elector Portraits as Reformation Propaganda -- Oil paintings of the 1530s ; Bible and book illustrations -- Propaganda Art of the Schmalkaldic War and Interim period : Dress rehearsal for war ; The Catastope of Mulberg ; Controvery over the interim -- Saxon Electors in Art of the Late Reformation : John Frederick -- Portrait of a wounded hero ; Sacraments in the service of propa

Author

Carl C. Christensen

Publisher

Kirksville, Mo.: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780940474215

Subjects

Art, History, Arts