Logo
How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art

How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art

ADVERTISEMENT

Compare Buying Options

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter Reformation Art
    0.00
    com.au

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter Reformation Art

    Delivery date & cost shown at checkout

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art
    0.00
    Amazon Canada

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art

    {"freeShippingThreshold":null,"costBelowThreshold":null,"deliveryMinDays":null,"deliveryMaxDays":null}

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter ...
    0.00
    WW Norton

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter ...

    Free delivery by Thu, Feb 29

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art
    9.99
    Amazon

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art

    Delivery date & cost shown at checkout

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art
    9.99
    Amazon

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art

    30-day returns

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art [Book]
    10.99
    Thrift Books

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art [Book]

    Delivery by Mon, Jul 8 Spend $15 for free delivery

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter ...
    15.16
    Thrift Books

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter ...

    Delivery date & cost shown at checkout

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art [Book]
    11.15
    Second Sale

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art [Book]

    Free delivery by Thu, Jul 25

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith
    18.95
    Second Sale

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith

    Free delivery by Wed, Jul 3

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art [Book]
    13.07
    AbeBooks

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art [Book]

    $2.64 delivery by Mon, Aug 19

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter ...
    15.72
    AbeBooks

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter ...

    Free delivery by Tue, Feb 20 30-day returns

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art [Book]
    14.88
    Textbook Rush

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art [Book]

    Delivery by Fri, Aug 2 Spend $35 for free delivery

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art
    14.95
    Chromebook

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art

    Free delivery

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth In...Art Lev
    14.95
    eBay

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth In...Art Lev

    Free delivery by Jul 31Not eligible for returns

  • How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counte...
    16.13
    eBay

    How Catholic Art Saved the Faith: The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counte...

    Free delivery30-day returns

View more

Product Details

Not long after Martin Luther's defiance of the Church in 1517, dialogue between Protestants and Catholics broke down, brother turned against brother, and devastating religious wars erupted across Europe. Desperate to restore the peace and recover the unity of Faith, Catholic ...MoreNot long after Martin Luther's defiance of the Church in 1517, dialogue between Protestants and Catholics broke down, brother turned against brother, and devastating religious wars erupted across Europe. Desperate to restore the peace and recover the unity of Faith, Catholic theologians clarified and reaffirmed Catholic doctrines, but turned as well to another form of evangelization: the Arts. - Convinced that to win over the unlettered, the best place to fight heresy was not in the streets but in stone and on canvas, they enlisted the century's best artists to create a glorious wave of beautiful works of sacred art -- Catholic works of sacred art -- to draw people together instead of driving them apart. - How Catholic Art Saved the Faith tells the story of the creation and successes of this vibrant, visual-arts SWAT team whose war cry could have been "art for Faith's sake!" Over the years, it included Michelangelo, of course, and, among other great artists, the edgy Caravaggio, the graceful Guido Reni, the technically perfect Annibale Carracci, the colorful Barocci, the theatrical Bernini, and the passionate Artemisia Gentileschi. Each of these creative souls, despite their own interior struggles, was a key player in this magnificent, generations-long project: the affirmation through beauty of the teachings of the Holy Catholic Church. - Here you will meet the fascinating artists who formed this cadre's core. You will revel in scores of their full-color paintings. And you will profit from the lucid explanations of their lovely creations: works that over the cent... view more

Related Products

Popular Products