| Triump Cross Passion Christ Theo Arts C: The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts from the Renaissance to the Counter-Reformation Contributor(s): Viladesau, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 019533566X ISBN-13: 9780195335668 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $89.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - Worship & Liturgy - Religion | Christian Theology - History |
| Dewey: 246.558 |
| LCCN: 2007029396 |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 6.4" W x 9.28" (1.51 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Academic - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Chronological Period - 15th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a sequel to Richard Viladesau's well-received study, The Beauty of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts from the Catacombs to the Eve of the Renaissance. It continues his project of presenting theological history by using art as both an independent religious or theological text and as a means of understanding the cultural context for academic theology. Viladesau argues that art and symbolism function as alternative strands of theological expression sometimes parallel to, sometimes interwoven with, and sometimes in tension with formal theological reflection on the meaning of crucifixion and its role in salvation history. This book examines the two great revolutionary movements that gave birth to the modern West: the Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation. This period was eventful for both theology and art, and thus particularly fruitful for Viladesau's project. Using individual works of art, over sixty of which are reproduced in this book, to epitomize particular artistic and theological models, he explores the contours of each paradigm through the works of representative theologians as well as liturgical, poetic, artistic, and musical sources. To name a few examples, the theologies of Savonarola, Luther, Calvin, and the Council of Trent, are examined in correlation to the new situation of art in the era of Fra Angelico, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Dürer, Cranach, and the Mannerists. In this book, Viladesau continues to deepen our understanding of the foremost symbol of Christianity. |