TY - BOOK ID - 439008 TI - The turn of the soul : representations of religious conversion in early modern art and literature AU - Stelling, Lieke AU - Hendrix, Harald AU - Richardson, Todd M. AU - Brill PY - 2012 VL - 23 SN - 9789004218567 9789004226371 9004226370 128342634X 9781283426343 9004218564 9786613426345 PB - Leiden Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Graphic arts KW - Thematology KW - History of civilization KW - Iconography KW - anno 1500-1799 KW - Conversion in art. KW - Conversion in literature. KW - Literature, European KW - History and criticism. KW - iconography KW - conversions [activity] KW - Conversion in art KW - Conversion in literature KW - History and criticism KW - European literature UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:439008 AB - The religious upheavals of the early modern period and the fierce debate they unleashed about true devotion gave conversion an unprecedented urgency. With their rich variety of emotive, aesthetic and rhetoric means of expression, literature and the visual arts proved particularly well-adapted means to address, explore and represent the complex nature of conversion. At the same time, many artists and authors experimented with the notion that the expressive character of their work could cultivate a sensory experience for the viewer that enacted conversion. Indeed, focusing on conversion as one of early modern Europe’s most pressing religious issues, this volume demonstrates that conversion cannot be separated from the creative and spiritual ways in which it was given meaning. Contributors include Mathilde Bernard, John R. Decker, Xander van Eck, Shulamit Furstenberg-Levi, Lise Gosseye, Chloë Houston, Philip Major, Walter Melion, Bart Ramakers, E. Natalie Rothman, Alison Searle, Lieke Stelling, Jayme Yeo, and Federico Zuliani. ER -