Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of Religion - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 089236968X ISBN 13: 9780892369683

Casa editrice: J Paul Getty Museum Pubns, 2010

Riassunto

In an era of intense religious conflict in Europe and ongoing exploration of the lands beyond Europe,Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (1723-37) set a new agenda for thinking about faith and provided a lasting visual template for representing the world's religions. In the work's seven massive volumes, Jean Frederic Bernard and the renowned engraver Bernard Picart invited readers to view religions and their institutions as cultural practices.
Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of Religion approaches this much-cited but little-studied work from a variety of angles. Its fifteen scholarly essays examine Bernard and Picart's authorial and artistic strategies, the handling of religious difference in Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses, and the cultural context that fostered the creation of one of the most influential works of comparative religion ever published.

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L'autore:

Lynn Hunt is Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History at the University of California, Los Angeles.Margaret Jacob is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.Wijnand Mijnhardt is director of the Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities at Utrecht University.

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This is a superbly illustrated exploration of one of the most important works of comparative religion ever published. In an era of intense religious conflict in Europe and ongoing exploration of the lands beyond Europe, the "Ceremonies et costumes religieuses de tous les peoples du monde" (1723-37), written by Jean Frederic Bernard and illustrated by renowned engraver Bernard Picart, set a new agenda for thinking about faith and provided a lasting visual template for representing the world's religions. Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of Religion approaches this much-cited but little-studied work from a variety of angles, with fifteen scholarly essays examining Bernard and Picart's authorial and artistic strategies, the handling of religious differences, and the cultural context that fostered the creation of one of the most influential works of comparative religion ever published.

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• Editore: J Paul Getty Museum Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 089236968X
• ISBN 13: 9780892369683
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 364
• Redattore: Hunt Lynn, Jacob Margaret, Mijnhardt Wijnand