Muller, Jeffrey.

St. Jacob's Antwerp Art and Counter Reformation in Rubens's Parish Church. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (657 pages) - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Series ; v.253 . - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Series .

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 St. Jacob's Parish and Construction of the Church: 1491-1780 -- Chapter 2 Ornament for the Church: 1585-1656 -- Chapter 3 Circa 1660: Crisis and Ornament: The Creation of a New Interior for the Parish Church -- Chapter 4 Sacraments in the Parish -- Chapter 5 The Blessed Sacrament Chapel and the Marriage Chapel -- Chapter 6 The Lady Chapel in Search of an Image -- Chapter 7 St. Jacob's New Collegiate Chapter of Canons and Their Choir -- Chapter 8 Private Chapels in the Church -- Chapter 9 St. Jacob's Counter Reformation Confraternities -- Chapter 10 Death in the Church -- Chapter 11 Church Against State in the Time of Enlightenment and Revolution -- Chapter 12 Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Documentation of Private Chapels in St. Jacob's -- Appendix 2 Foundation, Membership, Location of Brotherhoods at St. Jacob's in Chronological Order -- References -- Index.

St. Jacob's is the only church to survive intact from Antwerp's Counter Reformation (1585-1794). Jeffrey Muller wreathes together the testimony of masterpieces and archives in Rubens's parish church to reconstruct art's integral role in religion and the transformation of society.

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Sint-Jacobskerk (Antwerp, Belgium).
Christian art and symbolism-Belgium-Antwerp-Modern period, 1500-.
Counter-Reformation and art-Belgium-Antwerp.
Art and society-Belgium-Antwerp.


Electronic books.

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