Baroque Influencers: Jesuits, Rubens, and the Arts of Convincing Delsaerdt Pierre
- This richly illustrated book accompanies the exhibition of the same name in the St Charles Borromeo Church, the Museum Snijders & Rockox- huis and the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library in Antwerp…
Specifikacia Baroque Influencers: Jesuits, Rubens, and the Arts of Convincing Delsaerdt Pierre
- This richly illustrated book accompanies the exhibition of the same name in the St Charles Borromeo Church, the Museum Snijders & Rockox- huis and the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library in Antwerp from April to July 2023 - The exhibition is part of the Baroque Influencers city festival How did Jesuits use the contemporary visual language of baroque to draw the public into their vision of humanity, religion and society? In this book, several authors attempt to answer this complex question. The setting is Antwerp in the 17th century. At that time, the city served as the headquarters of the Jesuit order in the Netherlands and as a bastion against Calvinism in the Dutch Republic. The arts were flourishing in an unprecedented manner there. Painters such as Rubens and Van Dyck produced works commissioned by the Jesuits and participated in the life of the Catholic community organized by the
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