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LECTURE: Aneta Georgievska-Shine, "The Impact of the Reformation on the Visual Arts of Europe - from Dürer to Vermeer I: Martin Luther and German Art in the Wake of the Reformation"

  • The Central Presbyterian Church 7308 York Road Towson, MD, 21204 United States (map)

The Impact of the Reformation on the Visual Arts of Europe - from Dürer to Vermeer I: Martin Luther and German Art in the Wake of the Reformation
Aneta Georgievska-Shine, professor of art history, University of Maryland

When Martin Luther called for a re-examination of the role of religious images in 1517, artists responded in a variety of ways. Some of them became champions of the Reformation and abandoned the representation of Holy figures. Others were far more ambivalent, adjusting their approach to religious narratives in subtle and often cryptic ways. This lecture looks at these diverse responses, focusing on Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach, and Hans Holbein.

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Earlier Event: January 24
LECTURE: Michael Salcman, "Pluralism & Art in the 1980s II: The Pictures Generation: Photography & Feminism"
Later Event: February 6
LECTURE: Aneta Georgievska-Shine, "The Impact of the Reformation on the Visual Arts of Europe - from Dürer to Vermeer II: Reformation before the Reformation: Hieronymus Bosch, ca. 1500"