Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) is the most influential painter of the German Reformation. In collaboration with Martin Luther (1483-1546); Cranach produced innovative paintings which made the complex ideas of Lutheran Christianity understandable to a wide range of viewers and inspired later generations of artists. Despite Cranachs crucial role as an interpreter of Lutheran ideas; his Reformation paintings remain unfamiliar to many American scholars. Lucas Cranach the Elder: Art and Devotion of the German Reformation presents Cranachs Reformation painting to a broader audience and explains the pictorial strategies Cranach devised to clarify and interpret Lutheran thought. For specialists in Reformation history; this study offers an interpretation of Cranachs art as an agent of religious change. For historians and students of Renaissance art; this study explores the defining work of a major sixteenth-century artist. The broad implications of the Reformation and Cranachs role in transforming religious art make this study suitable for readers with a general interest in history; religion; or art history.
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