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Eighteenth-century Europe witnessed monumental upheavals in both the Catholic and Protestant faiths and the repercussions rippled down to the churches' religious art forms. Nigel Aston now chronicles here the intertwining of cultural and institutional turmoil during this pivotal century. The sustained popularity of religious art in the face of competition from increasingly prevalent secular artworks lies at the heart of this study. Religious art staked out new spaces of display in state institutions, palaces, and private collections, the book shows, as

Art and religion -- Europe -- History -- 18th century. --- Christian art and symbolism -- Europe -- Modern period, 1500-. --- Visual Arts --- Art, Architecture & Applied Arts --- Visual Arts - General --- Christian art and symbolism --- Art and religion --- History --- Art --- Arts in the church --- Religion and art --- Art, Christian --- Art, Ecclesiastical --- Christian symbolism --- Ecclesiastical art --- Symbolism and Christian art --- Religious aspects --- Religion --- Religious art --- Symbolism --- Church decoration and ornament --- Symbolism in art