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The Triumph of the Cross - The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts from the Renaissance to the Counter-Reformation (Hardcover)
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The Triumph of the Cross - The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts from the Renaissance to the Counter-Reformation (Hardcover)
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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, Durer, Cranach, and the
Mannerists.
In this book, Viladesau continues to deepen our understanding of
the foremost symbol of Christianity.
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