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The Sensuous in the Counter-Reformation Church
Marcia Hall
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Description for The Sensuous in the Counter-Reformation Church
Hardcover. Examines the promotion of the sensuous as part of religious experience in the Roman Catholic Church of the early modern period. Editor(s): Hall, Marcia B.; Cooper, Tracy E. (Associate Professor, Temple University). Num Pages: 356 pages, 76 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBLH; HRCC7. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 259 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 928.
This book examines the promotion of the sensuous as part of religious experience in the Roman Catholic Church of the early modern period. During the Counter-Reformation, every aspect of religious and devotional practice was reviewed, including the role of art and architecture, while the invocation of the five senses to incite devotion became a hotly contested topic. The Protestants had condemned the material cult of veneration of relics and images, rejecting the importance of emotion and the senses and instead promoting the power of reason in receiving the Word of God. After much debate, the Church concluded that the senses ... Read more
This book examines the promotion of the sensuous as part of religious experience in the Roman Catholic Church of the early modern period. During the Counter-Reformation, every aspect of religious and devotional practice was reviewed, including the role of art and architecture, while the invocation of the five senses to incite devotion became a hotly contested topic. The Protestants had condemned the material cult of veneration of relics and images, rejecting the importance of emotion and the senses and instead promoting the power of reason in receiving the Word of God. After much debate, the Church concluded that the senses ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107013230
SKU
V9781107013230
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About Marcia Hall
Marcia B. Hall is Professor of Italian Renaissance Art History and Director of Graduate Studies at Tyler School of Art, Temple University. She is the author and editor of several books, including The Sacred Image in the Age of Art: Titian, Tintoretto, Barocci, El Greco, Caravaggio; After Raphael; and Renovation and Counter Reformation: Vasari and Duke Cosimo in Santa Maria ... Read more
Reviews for The Sensuous in the Counter-Reformation Church
'One of the strengths of this tightly conceived collection of essays is the assessment of the impact on the image discourse of the Tridentine decrees on images, the genesis of which is retraced, drawing upon recently published documents.' Evonne Levy, Renaissance Quarterly