Editorial: Brill
Colección: Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History ; 67
Número de páginas: págs.
Fecha de edición: 18-05-2023
EAN: 9789004276376
ISBN: 978-90-04-27637-6
Precio (sin IVA): 199,00 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 206,96 €
This book is about the Dominican church in Antwerp (today St Paul’s). It is structured around three works of art, made or procured by Peter Paul Rubens: the Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary cycle (in situ), Caravaggio’s Rosary Madonna (Vienna) and the Wrath of Christ high altarpiece (Lyon). Within the artist’s lifetime, the church and monastery were completely rebuilt, creating one of the most spectacular sacred spaces in Northern Europe. The author reconceptualises early modern churches as theatres of political economy, advancing an original approach to cultural production in a time of war. Using methodologies at the cutting edge of the humanities, the place of St Paul’s is restored to the crux of Antwerp’s commercial, civic and religious life.