From Switzerland to England : whitewashing and the new aesthetic of the Protestant Reformation (1524-1660)

This thesis explores the possibility, as a serious consideration, that the use of whitewash in Reformed church interiors, beginning with the wholesale whitewashing of Zurich church interiors in 1524 at the beginning of the Swiss Reformation, was not just a means to obliterate idols and images. It is...

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Main Author: George, V. A.
Published: University of Cambridge 2002
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.599354