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Art and Religion in Eighteenth Century Europe (Hardcover)
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Art and Religion in Eighteenth Century Europe (Hardcover)
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Eighteenth-century Europe witnessed monumental upheavals in both
the Catholic and Protestant faiths and the repercussions rippled
down to the churches' religious art forms. In this major new study,
Nigel Aston chronicles the intertwining of cultural and
institutional turmoil during this pivotal century. The sustained
production and popularity of religious art in the face of
competition from increasingly prevalent secular artworks lies at
the heart of this book. Religious art staked out new spaces of
display in state institutions, palaces and private collections as
well as taking advantage of state patronage from monarchs such as
Louis XIV and George III, who funded religious art in an effort to
enhance their national projects and monarchial prestige. Aston
explores the motivations of private collectors and how they
exhibited their artworks, and analyses changing Catholic and
Protestant attitudes toward art. He examines purchases made by
corporate patrons such as charity hospitals and religious
confraternities, and considers what this reveals about the changing
religiosity of eighteenth-century Europe. An in-depth historical
study, "Art and Religion in Eighteenth-century Europe" will be
essential for art history and religious studies scholars alike.
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