Seeing Beyond the WordFinney These historical studies - complemented by 174 black-and-white photographs and 46 color plates - seek to redefine the discussion of Calvinism's impact on the visual arts through an exploration of Reformed artistic influences in England, France, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, and America. Bringing fresh perspectives to the subject of Calvinism and the visual arts, Seeing beyond the Word will be a valuable resource for readers with interests ranging from art history to culture studies, from Reformed history to the relationship between worship and church architecture. |
Contents
A Theological Introduction | 1 |
Calvinism as a Culture? Preliminary Remarks on Calvinism and the Visual Arts | 19 |
Puritan and Nonconformist Meetinghouses in England | 49 |
Huguenot Goldsmiths in England | 83 |
DISCUSSION | 128 |
An Introduction to the Architecture of Protestant Temples Constructed in France before the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes | 133 |
Calvinism and the Visual Arts in Southern France 1561 to 1685 | 163 |
The Reformed Churches of France and the Visual Arts | 199 |
Sixteenth and SeventeenthCentury Netherlands | 395 |
DISCUSSION | 419 |
The First Congregational Church of Hartford Connecticut | 427 |
DISCUSSION | 451 |
From Protestant to Catholic Plain Style | 455 |
DISCUSSION | 474 |
Three Case Studies | 477 |
DISCUSSION | 503 |
A SixteenthCentury Limoges Enamel Tazza Illustrating the Judgment of Moses | 229 |
Representation Image or Icon? | 241 |
A Note on de Bezes Icones | 251 |
Observations on the Arts of the Huguenots in BrandenburgPrussia | 267 |
DISCUSSION | 295 |
Art and Architecture in the Hungarian Reformed Church | 299 |
Calvinism and the Emergence of a Dutch SeventeenthCentury Landscape Art A Critical Evaluation | 341 |
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Comments on the New World Presentations | 507 |
Contributors | 513 |
Photo Credits | 515 |
General Index | 523 |
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Common terms and phrases
Amsterdam Androuet du Cerceau architects architecture artists Berlin Bible biblical Brandenburg-Prussia Budapest built C. F. Stell Calvin Calvinist central Chapel Charenton Christ Christian church building congregation consistoire consistory construction Courtesy cultural decoration depicted Dutch early ecclesiastical England English engraving example faith Falkenburg France Französische galleries Geneva genre God's Gothic Guicharnaud Haarlem Hartford Hendrick Goltzius Huguenot goldsmiths Hungarian iconoclasm illustrations images imago imago imago imago omissa imago interior James Jean John landscape Levesville liturgical London maker's mark meetinghouse Midi Montauban Montpellier motifs Muret Museum Nîmes painters painting Paris Paul de Lamerie pews Photo Pierre plate portrait preaching prints Protestant Protestantism pulpit Puritan Reformed churches Reformed tradition Réformée réfugiés religion religious Renaissance Rijksmuseum Rijksprentenkabinet Saint Salomon Salomon de Brosse seventeenth century silver sixteenth century Society spiritual structure Tarn-et-Garonne temple Testament theological tion Toulousain Toulouse town visual arts worship space