A Divided Heart: Idolatry and the Portraiture of Hans Asper
The Reformed Church in Zurich had a clearly articulated doctrine on the religious uses of the visual arts meant to combat idolatrous thought and practice. In 1550, when a young Englishman, newly returned to his home from Zurich, requested portraits of several leaders of the Swiss Reformation from th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1987
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1987, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 213-230 |
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| Summary: | The Reformed Church in Zurich had a clearly articulated doctrine on the religious uses of the visual arts meant to combat idolatrous thought and practice. In 1550, when a young Englishman, newly returned to his home from Zurich, requested portraits of several leaders of the Swiss Reformation from the "Zurich Apelles," the question of the relationship of portrait to idol was raised and fundamental discrepancies between humanistic and evangelical teaching on the nature of man and the uses of art were laid bare. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2541178 |