Art and the Reformation in Germany
Ohio University Press | 1979 | ISBN: 0821403885 | English | 280 pages | PDF | 34.4 MB

Christensen's portrait of the Reformation's effect on Christian Iconography is absolutely fascinating. He is incredibly thorough, examining in detail the pamphlets issued by figures like Zwingli and Karlstadt, and the profound effect that they had on the perception of art among the populace in Germany. He provides a great deal of statistics about the extent and form of damage by region, and examines in depth the reconstruction of a new and acceptable Protestant Iconography as it was conceived by Martin Luther and put in effect by Lucas Cranach the Elder