Jesuit Art and Czech Lands, 1556-1729

Katerina Hornícková; Michal Šronek

doi:10.5771/9781666905878

Summary

This collection examines how the Society of Jesus used art and architecture in its missionary efforts in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown from the sixteenth century to the eighteenth. The Jesuits used a variety of visual media to re-invigorate the cult of miraculous images, saints, and local Catholic customs in the Central European region, where a tradition of religious dissent went back to the legendary Hussites of the 15th century. Jesuit art is seen as resulting from the transfer, local adaptation, and visualization of ideas about image theology, the order's global mission, its self-promotion, and the construction of the religious past. Examining the architecture, statues, images, murals, and decorative programs of Jesuit complexes and other visual media (devotional prints, medieval images), the essays here demonstrate how the Jesuit Order cultivated the subjects and functions of art to promote concepts of Catholic piety as they grew into one of the most successful agents of Catholic Reform in the Bohemian kingdom.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-0586-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-0587-8
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 378
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. CHAPTER 1: O. Jakubec, the church that Žižka destroyed No access
  3. CHAPTER 2: M. Šroněk, Marian Columns from Rome to Central Europe No access
  4. CHAPTER 3: M. Šroněk – K. Horníčková, Devotional Image Series in Jesuit Missions No access
  5. CHAPTER 4: K. Horníčková, A Unique Sign of True Faith No access
  6. CHAPTER 5: M. Deutsch, Salus Populi Romani No access
  7. CHAPTER 6: Š. Vácha, Jesuit Saints in the Czech Lands No access
  8. CHAPTER 7: K. Štěrba, From Visible to Invisible No access
  9. CHAPTER 8: M. Mádl, Rivalry and Inspiration No access
3. 1. Between Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and the Catholic Reform No access
  2. The Society of Jesus, the Bohemian Reformation, and the Religious Image No access
  3. Notes No access
  4. 1. Primary Sources No access
    2. Secondary Sources No access
4. Timeline No access
1. The First Jesuit Buildings in the Czech Lands and Their Patrons No access
2. Jesuit Architecture: Style, Place, and Patrons No access
3. Jesuit Churches as a Space for Socio-Religious Interaction No access
4. Noster modus in the Czech Lands: Functionality and Hybridity as Confessional Strategy No access
5. Notes No access
6. 1. Manuscript and Archival Sources No access
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  3. Secondary Studies No access
1. The Urban Public Representation of the Prague Jesuits to around 1650 No access
2. The Marian Column in the Old Town Square and Its Uses by the Jesuits No access
3. Reception of the Marian Column No access
4. Notes No access
5. 1. Manuscript and Archival Sources No access
  2. Primary Sources No access
  3. Secondary Literature No access
  4. Internet Sources No access
1. Jesuit Devotional Image Series and Their Global Dissemination No access
2. The Sacred Way to Stará Boleslav: A Pilgrim’s Journey as a Devotional Image Series No access
3. The St. Wenceslas Pilgrimage Cycle—Exemplum and Provincial Patriotism No access
4. 1. Post Scriptum No access
5. Notes No access
6. 1. Primary Sources No access
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1. The Cult of Images and Medieval Works among the Jesuits No access
2. The Marian Cult in the Bohemian Jesuit Mission: A Transfer of Concept No access
3. Marian Pilgrimage Sites in Constructing the Past No access
4. Antiqua Pietas revocata est. Marian Images and the Construction of the Past No access
5. Notes No access
6. 1. Manuscripts and Archival Sources No access
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1. The Salus Populi Romani Cult and Its Dissemination by the Jesuits No access
2. The Brno Copy of Our Lady of the Snows and the Beginnings of Its Cult No access
3. The Cult of Marian Images in the Brno Jesuits’ Religious Practice and Imagination No access
4. Notes No access
5. 1. Manuscripts and Archival Sources No access
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1. Geminae Societatis and Staging of Their Images in Jesuit Sacral Space No access
2. The Miraculous Image of St. Ignatius in the Church of St. Savior in Prague No access
3. The Miraculous Painting of St. Francis Xavier in the St. Savior Church in Prague No access
4. Notes No access
5. 1. Manuscript and Archival Sources No access
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1. Confirmation of Catholic Image Practice in Church Decoration No access
2. Teaching the Eucharist No access
3. The Local Connection: Visualizing the Eucharist in the Olomouc Corpus Christi Chapel No access
4. Protectors and Models: From Christ and the Virgin Mary to Jesuit Saints No access
5. Teaching Invisible Dogmas through Visible Images No access
6. Notes No access
7. 1. Archival and Manuscript Sources No access
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1. Religious Art as a Tool of Monastic Propaganda No access
2. The Ignatian Inspiration in the Competition for Spiritual Supremacy No access
3. Jesuit Themes and Symbols as Source of Inspiration in Other Orders No access
4. Notes No access
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Index No access Pages 363 - 376
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 377 - 378