Overview

This book is about the Dominican church in Antwerp (today St Paul’s). It is structured around three works of art, made or procured by Peter Paul Rubens: the Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary cycle (in situ), Caravaggio’s Rosary Madonna (Vienna) and the Wrath of Christ high altarpiece (Lyon). Within the artist’s lifetime, the church and monastery were completely rebuilt, creating one of the most spectacular sacred spaces in Northern Europe. In this richly illustrated book, Adam Sammut reconceptualises early modern churches as theatres of political economy, advancing an original approach to cultural production in a time of war. Using methodologies at the cutting edge of the humanities, the place of St Paul’s is restored to the crux of Antwerp’s commercial, civic and religious life.

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Author:   Adam Sammut
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   67
Weight:   1.145kg
ISBN:  

9789004276376

ISBN 10:   9004276378
Pages:   28
Publication Date:   18 May 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Illustrations List of Tables Abbreviations Introduction Part I: The Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary Cycle, 1568–1671 1 Guns and Rosaries: The Ecclesia Laicorum as a Realm of Memory  1 Iconoclasm and the Revolt  2 Places and Realms of Memory  3 The Art of Memory and the Art of Preaching  4 The Enemy Within  5 Conclusion 2 The Mystery Machine: The Cycle as a Proponent of Piety and Peace  1 Antwerp and the Archdukes  2 Joannes Boucquet, ‘A Highly Distinguished Prior’  3 The Rosary Brotherhood  4 Peace and Pictura Sacra  5 Conclusion Part II: Caravaggio’s Rosary Madonna, c.1603–51 3 ‘Outstandingly Great Art yet Not High in Price’: The Rosary Madonna as a Sacred Commodity  1 Made in Rome  2 The Entombment  3 The Death of the Virgin  4 ‘A Very Dear Friend of Caravaggio’s’  5 Conclusion 4 Four Liefhebbers and a Funeral: Procuring The Rosary Madonna for Profit, Fame and Love  1 Love Actualised  2 Friends with Benefits  3 The Gift Economy  4 Two Become One  5 The Art-Lover Formerly Known as Prince  6 The Godly Feast  7 The Art of the Deal  8 Conclusion Part III: Rubens’s Wrath of Christ High Altarpiece, 1618–42 5 Apocalypse Later: Michaël Ophovius and the Ecclesia Fratrum  1 The Archaeology of the Choir  2 Unemotional Rescue  3 Back to Basics  4 ‘The Hangman’s Noose for the Bishop’s Mitre’  5 ‘Tears of Blood’  6 Hero-Worship  7 Rubens and ’s-Hertogenbosch  8 Heart of Glass  9 Conclusion Conclusion Figures References 447 Index 515

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Adam Sammut, PhD (1990, University of York) is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of History of Art at the University of York. He has published articles on Dutch and Flemish art in Review of Scottish Culture, Dutch Crossing and Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek.

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