Structuring Protestant Scriptural Space in Sixteenth-Century Catholic France
Calvinist architects of the period prior to and during the Edict of Nantes experienced constraint and repression concerning their doctrinal observance and expression. These architects worked for Catholic patrons. In fact, nearly all the architectes du roi, official architects for the king, were conf...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1994
|
| In: |
The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1994, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 341-352 |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Calvinist architects of the period prior to and during the Edict of Nantes experienced constraint and repression concerning their doctrinal observance and expression. These architects worked for Catholic patrons. In fact, nearly all the architectes du roi, official architects for the king, were confessional Calvinists, who executed commissions for Catholics. These architects consequently experienced tension concerning how to convey their beliefs in a system which did not espouse them. As a result, they devised coded structures which worked iconographically to subvert the Catholic state. That is, the ornamental scheme of the structures was legible on one level, but would convey to the scripturally literate Calvinist a different message from that on the surface. In this program, they were influenced by the spatial concerns and structuring program of the ideal city of God as delineated in Calvin's Institutes. One such architect who closely implemented some of Calvin's strategies was Bernard Palissy, a Calvinist potter, constructor of gardens, builder of structures, and author of geological and architectural texts, most notably the Recepte veritable. The Recepte veritable, or "true recipe," suggests how the fallen world may be restructured in accordance with scriptural mandates, thus bringing the world into line with Calvinist rather than Catholic expectations. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2542885 |