Heretics and Martyrs: Picturing Early Anabaptism in Visual Culture of the Dutch Republic
This dissertation explores the representation of early Anabaptism and Mennonitism in the visual culture of the Dutch Republic (1585-1795). Polemical and satirical imagery critical of Anabaptism circulated alongside artworks presenting Anabaptist theological heritage in a positive light. Book illustrations offer the most frequent site for representation, joined by broadsheets, print series, and a few drawings and paintings. While historians and theologians, working from literary and archival materials, have traced the complex evolution of Dutch Mennonite theology and culture from the sixteenth... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | thesis |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
Schlagwörter: | Dutch Art History / Anabaptism / Anabaptist Studies / Mennonite Studies / Dutch Baroque Art / Van Sichem / Hortensius / Jan Luyken / Martyrs Mirror / Martyrology / Dutch Republic / Printmaking / Polemics / Satire / Book history / Church history / Material culture / Book illustration / Van Braght |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28598473 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/1974/25861 |