Der Tugendzyklus in der Schwarzen Kirche zu Kronstadt. Untersuchung zu einem protestantischen Bildprogramm
The Cycle of Virutes in the Black Church of Brasov. Study on a Protestant Iconographic Program.

Summary/Abstract: Presents the cycle of virtues in the Lutheran Black Church in the transylvanian city of Brasov (Kronstadt) as an artistic product of its time and proves the reference of the emblems to the Lutheran intellectual sphere of the city. The ten emblems, which were painted after the model of south German etchings (Augsburg) of the incipient 18th century, deviate though to some extent from these. The iconographic but particularly the textual deviations of the local artist turn out to be a reflection of Lutheran ideas, both religious and political, regarding the events of the day in the city of Kronstadt in the first decades of the 18th century. Contains five images.

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