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14 - Sacred Art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2023

By
Marcia Hall
Edited by
Nelson H. Minnich
Nelson H. Minnich
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Catholic University of America, Washington DC
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The essay chronicles the Protestant objections to images and the Catholic response in the decree “On the invocation, veneration, and relics, of salnts, and on sacred images” of the Council of Trent. Paintings created as ecclesiastical decoration in the wake of the decree in Italy and in the Netherlands are examined.

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Decree on Sacred imagesCouncil of TrentIconoclasmMichelangeloLast JudgmentRenovation of church interiors
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The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent , pp. 279 - 302
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Sacred Art
  • Edited by Nelson H. Minnich, Catholic University of America, Washington DC
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent
  • Online publication: 02 October 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108590280.014
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  • Sacred Art
  • Edited by Nelson H. Minnich, Catholic University of America, Washington DC
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent
  • Online publication: 02 October 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108590280.014
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  • Sacred Art
  • Edited by Nelson H. Minnich, Catholic University of America, Washington DC
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent
  • Online publication: 02 October 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108590280.014
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