The Plain Style: Protestant Theology in the History of Design

by David Brett

A study of the effects upon design, principally architecture, of the Reformation and the associated rejection of imagery in worship. The Plain Style examines both the development of aesthetic theory and its practical applications in a number of different environments. The Author traces the way in which ideas about simplicity, clarity and lack of ornamentation expressed themselves in art and architecture, and uses an extensive range of examples, from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0718830326
• ISBN13: 9780718830328
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Lutterworth Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.2"