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Art and the Artist in the Lutheran Reformation: Johannes Mathesius and Joachimsthal

“…In particular, the artisans employed in the Joachimsthal mint also occupied themselves in casting medallions (Schaugroschen) depicting biblical scenes that were collected and displayed in homes in Joachimsthal and across Europe. 56 Mathesius exemplified domestic engagement with art in the memorial sermons for his wife that he preached at home to their children. In one place, he discusses three images-the arma Christi, the angels collecting Christ's blood from the cross, and Dürer's engraving of himself and his wife before the cross-in immediate succession.…”

“…He attributes his interpretation of the ring to the intentions of the artist himself, who applies the lessons of Evangelical teaching in his work as one who had "taken note of such things as a diligent auditor of the preaching." 58…”

Spatial Dimensions in Roman Wall Painting and the Interplay of Enclosing and Enclosed Space: A New Perspective on Second Style

“…41 This important remark has been made in (Lorenz 2013, p. 369). 42 For the complex relations between the mythological couples on the walls and their real counterparts in the couple of the dominus and his wife, see the detailed and brilliant analysis by Lorenz (2008). 43 What to do, for example, with those large scale mythological or sacro-idyllic landscape typical of the transitional phase between second and third style, as we find them in the Houses of Augustus and of Livia on the Palatine?…”

“…See also (Zanker 1979(Zanker , 1995(Zanker , 2000Leach 1988Leach , 2004Bergmann 1994). For the interpretation of the mythological imagery in Roman wall painting, the most comprehensive and far-reaching attempt to replace the paintings in the (social and 'atmospheric') context of the Roman house is (Lorenz 2008), with a short introduction on the respective history of scholarship on pp. 3-11, with more bibliography.…”