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date: 28 March 2025

Visual Arts: Protestantlocked

Visual Arts: Protestantlocked

  • Bobbi DykemaBobbi DykemaPastor at Church of the Brethren

Summary

The story of Protestant visual art begins well before Luther posted the 95 Theses. It is a story bound up with iconoclastic revision and destruction as well as with new ways of telling the Christian story in a distinctly Protestant visual mode. In the centuries since the Reformation, artists have emphasized prophetic themes such as the peaceable kingdom, the abolition of slavery, the suffering of women, and the plight of the homeless.

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  • Christianity
  • Religion and Art

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