Main entry:

George, Victoria Ann.

Title & Author:

Whitewash and the new aesthetic of the Protestant Reformation / Victoria Ann George.

Publication:

London : Pindar Press, 2012.

Description:

xxii, 476 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-455) and index.
Introduction : A short history of whiteness -- A short trip through colour theory (the achromatic hue) -- An historical overview of whitewashing (a new role for lime) -- Whitewashing of Zürich churches -- Coloured by the Bible (the one source all knew) -- Zwingli and the Reformed aesthetic -- Calvin and colour-thinking -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"This book is a consideration of the practice of whitewashing church interiors during the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is the first detailed study of its kind which challenges the view that whitewash was always only a 'cheap coat of paint'."--Back of dust jacket.

ISBN:

9781904597643
1904597645

Subject:

Church decoration and ornament Europe History 16th century.
Aesthetics Religious aspects Christianity.
Reformation.
White.
Symbolism of colors.
Protestantism in art.
Églises Décoration et ornement Europe Histoire 16e siècle.
Réforme (Christianisme)
Blanc.
Symbolisme des couleurs.
Protestantisme dans l'art.
white (color)
Church decoration and ornament.
Weiß
Farbensymbolik
Kirchenbau
Ausstattung
Wandmalerei
Protestantismus
Bildersturm
Ästhetik
Kyrkor.
Estetik religiösa aspekter.
Reformationen.
Protestantism.
Färgsymbolik.
Vitt.
Europa.
Europe.
Mitteleuropa
1520-1650
Stained Glass.
Glass Painters.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290280
Call No.: BIB 233252
Status: Available