ARTHI 6B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Pope Leo X, Counter-Reformation, Ninety-Five Theses
Document Summary
2/22/18: religious divisions in europe during protestant reformation and. Counter reformation: 1517: luther"s 95 theses, 1521: pope leo x excommunicated luther, 1529: protestation at speyer ; major wave of iconoclasm in. Switzerland: 1545-63: council of trent, 1566: iconoclasm in the netherlands, catholic means universal; only religion in europe so no need to say. 16th century mannerism: elegance, sophistication, distortion, exaggeration, unstable poses, compositions, unrealistic coloring, ambiguous spaces. Pilgrimage and indulgences: letter of indulgence, 1455. Typographic print: the rich have everything, make a bigger donation to the church to get into heaven, woodcut prints are a means of polemics (criticism) and propaganda.
