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Sep 27, 2020 · At the end of the sixteenth century we see the emergence of the Baroque style, shaped by historical forces, the most significant being the Protestant Reformation’s successful challenge to the spiritual and political power of the Church in Rome. For the history of art this has particular significance since the use (and abuse) of images was the ...
The anxiety of images. The Council of Trent was a. synod. of the Catholic Church that started to meet in 1545 to reform the Church after repeated attacks by Protestants began in 1517. While the Council discussed all matters of Catholic doctrine, images were a focus of only the twenty-fifth and final session in 1563.
The Vatican fought back with the Counter-Reformation…an attempt to put what was the universal Catholic Church back together. On one hand, the Church worked to reform its internal corruption and reach out to alienated members. And on the other hand, the Church resorted to propaganda, intimidation and outright force. Art became a propaganda tool.
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The Counter-Reformation Movement. While the Protestants largely removed public art from religion and moved towards a more “secular” style of art, embracing the concept of glorifying God through depictions of nature, the Counter-Reformation Catholic Church promoted art with “sacred” or religious content.
His Pope Marcellus Mass is justifiably held up as the perfect example of Counter-Reformation style. Palestrina's career likewise reflects his commitment to the music of the church. He was born in the small town of Palestrina (outside of Rome) and received his early training and spent the great majority of his career in various churches in Rome ...
Jun 11, 2022 · Rules for Thinking with the Church is probably the best-known section of the Spiritual Exercises as it is a direct refutation of the principles and practices of the anti-Catholic sects that had formed through the Protestant Reformation (1517-1648). The Catholic Counter-Reformation (1545 to c.1700), a response to the Protestant Reformation, had ...
For both, the Reformation, with its image disputes and iconoclasm, has acted as an intellectual lodestone since the 1960s.20 The essays assembled in this volume show how porous traditional disciplinary boundaries have become, but highlight the healthy plurality of methodological approaches that the religious art of the early modern era ...
