Gouda Windows
Art and Catholic Renewal on the Eve of the Dutch Revolt
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Word Count
48,250 words, Guess
Page Count
193 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-109004407146
- ISBN-139789004407145
- Library of Congress Control Number2020023482
- OCLC Control Number1154951517
- Better World Books9789004407145
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL38047200M
Classifications
- LCCNK5354.G65E29 2020
- LCCNK5354.G65 E29 2020
Description
"The Gouda Windows (1552-1572): Art and Catholic Renewal on the Eve of the Dutch Revolt offers the first complete analysis of the cycle of monumental Renaissance stained-glass windows donated to the Sint Janskerk in Gouda, after a fire gutted it in 1552. Central among the donors were king Philip II of Spain and bishop of Utrecht Joris van Egmond, who worked together to reform the Church. The inventor of the iconographic program, a close associate to the bishop as well as the king, strove to renew Catholic art by taking the words of Jesus as a starting point. Defining Catholic religion based on widely accepted biblical truths, the ensemble shows that the Mother Church can accommodate all true Christians"--
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