The Folly of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts in Early Modernity

by Richard Viladesau

The Folly of the Cross is the fourth book in Richard Viladesau's series examining the aesthetics and theology of the cross through Christian history. Previous volumes have brought the story up through the Baroque era. This new book examines the reception of the message of the cross from the European Enlightenment to the turn of the twentieth century.

The opening chapters set the stage in the transition from the Baroque to the Classical eras,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019087600X
• ISBN13: 9780190876005
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"